Posts by msbee

Thanks everyone. I bought one of those fly traps today... my dilemma is the stink though... I can't have council members opposed to chickens coming over and seeing/smelling a big bag of rotting flies... We can avoid the mulberry tree...

I FOUND THEM! They're not surviving in the coop/run area as there's enough DE, sand, and Stall Dry to suck the moisture out of rock. As I was surveying the garden, I walked under a mulberry tree that's been there for ever. The buzz hum...

Here's a great resource for the type of birds to considerhttp://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/standard_breed_chicks.html?cl=crumbtrail

See here for the mayor's response to a citizen's request that the city council address the issue of byc's in our community. http://crystalurbanhens.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5297483-local-buisness-owner-takes-up-the-causeThis is...

It sounds like dehydration or the onset of heat stroke. If you can get her somewhere cool, do so - in the house is what we did in a dog crate or bathtub. From what I've read here is that it takes time for them to regain their strength,...

We have a beagle that we trained with the baby chicks. We kept them in the bathtub because it was too cold to be outside yet and invited him to see them with us. We would hold them firmly and let them smell them. He would lay down and...

At night, when it was still in the upper 70s and high humidity with no breeze, I took my 4 older girls in the house and kept a couple in a dog crate and 2 in the bathtub when the heat was at it's worst. I gave them unflavored pedialite...

Over  the summer, I've noticed a few flies here and there - especially since I have a new, young flock that are still too little to free range in our yard with the 2yr olds, so the flies hang round the run area. So, I ordered some...

This is a great thread. I love reading so much about mealworms, but omgosh, I must be the laziest mealworm farmer on the planet. I bought 2 containers of 100 mealworms each at the pet store 6 months ago - one large, one extra large. I...

My 10 week olds seem to be handling it ok, but the big girls - 2 years old - seem exhausted at night and panting more than the little ones - they even head into the coop earlier lately.  So we've been bringing them inside at night -...