Posts by florida lee

My tractor is 4 x 9 feet. Its a two story type. The coop space is "upstairs", all below is open to the ground.  I had to move it every third day   I would only move it as far as needed to reach new grass. So the lawn...

I have one hen who goes into the nest, never says a work, lays her egg in a few minutes and is out. Then I have others who will sit on the nest for 2 or 3 hours yelling their heads off  and finally lay her egg. So its a hen by...

Yes, I use Oxine every time I clean the coop, waterers, feeders. I think its a great product.

I don't use a medicated starter, I have been having really good luck with NON-MEDICATED Start and Grow (Purina).  I leave them on it until they start to lay or around 18 weeks old.

Mine are about the same age as yours.  They will not go out until they are fully feathered, that should be at around 6 to 8 weeks.  I'm hoping that will be 6 wks. They might be ok at 5 weeks, but the temp here is still in the...

Sometimes that just happens for no known reason. 85 degrees sounds a little low for 3 day old chicks to me.  I keep mine around 95 the first week, then around 90 the second. If it were me I would up the temp . Are they huddled...

I have 4 coops.  two coops per run.  One coop at each end of the run. The chickens share the run and then at night go into their respective coops. Sometimes one will enter the other coop just to check it out, but always go to...

Any brand ok as long as it has the mother in it.

a little cat food won't hurt them.  I give mine scrambled eggs, good protein and easy for them to eat.

I had the same problem, I went ahead and moved her and eggs to a brooder box. Glad i did. when chicks hatched they were safe and no chance of them falling out of the nest box to the floor. Where they could have been harmed by the other...