Posts by kbgriffiths

YES I realize roosters crow and the coop is covered at night so its not the light.  They are just very opinionated.  I did, by the way, come up with a way to reduce the sound.  We doubled the wood and put a roofing liner...

Hetachick - thanks for the info.  That was what I was asking - basically can I try and help it along and at what point?  I don't want to kill the chick but I also don't want to wait too long and it already be dead.

kefiren - what do you mean shrink wrapped?

I have a couple eggs under my silkie 1 for sure was developing during  candling.  I know they sometimes can hatch at day 23, but does anyone know a way (via candling??) to check to see if the chick is alive before I dispose...

I had 3 babies hatch this year, 2 are boys.  THey some times will play fight (I call it chicken sumo- wrestling) where they do the stare down at one another and then pounce but thats the end of it.  Most of the time they are...

Albert as Santa!

I've bid on both your girls and I don't care how many toes they have!  If they join my family they will be absolutely loved and spoiled:)

yes, Im being sarcastic - no one has threatened my roosters.  I live in so california so insulation is not necessary for the coop.  They are silkies so they have fur coats anyway:)

Has anyone tried using some kind of soundproofing/acoustical material on their coop to keep the neighbors from killing your chickens??  I have 3 very LOUD boys that love to talk around 4-7 am.  Any ideas short of chicken stew,...

My rule of thumb is not to interfere unless there is blood...