Posts by suzeqf

i grew up on a farm so I knew most of the calves that I help bottle feed would become food and I was ok with it,  When I have to cull a chick or a egg layer my daughter has to bury them because they have been "pets" but if have to...

My floor is just pressure treated plywood with shavings on top and when i clean it out i usually don't have anything on the  floor and if i do i just use a paint scraper and it comes right off

I have the shed type it's 8x20 and i wish it was bigger it has a small loft that i was going to use as storage but the peeps decided they like to roost on the rafters  i can walk into it and clean it easily and...

When I brood my chicks I use a big cardboard box with a lamp at one end and to regulate the heat i move the lamp up,  when the chicks are under a week old i usually keep my brooder around 95 and make sure i have a cool spot and...

Does anyone know if chickens are legal in Montazuma Iowa I can't find anything online except for them being legal in Iowa City 

i agree its a nice modern coop if i was going to use the design i put a row of windows all the way around the coop it will add more light but still keep the look

I haven't had it happen to a silkie but i lost my polish due to seizures she started having them when she was young at first she would just lower her wings and act like she was really hot and as she got older she would flop around...

I'll join too,  Truffle my cochin hen has been broody all summer and hasn't had a live chick yet,  She went broody when we had the heat wave and I think the heat did the eggs in nothing developed past 8 days.  She then...

My ramp is a barn wood plank that i've wrapped with vet wrap and they can get a nice grip on it and i also have it on their roost poles and when it gets nasty i just un wrap it and replace it. 

My lav orp turned mean,  I tried to rehome home thinking he just needed his own girls but after he tried to spur my daughter and spurred me so hard i almost fell i t knew it was time for action so he met the business end of my...