Posts by sammyh312

If it helps, if you are new to chickens, follow my advice.  I got to where i was overthinking everything, and worried over minute details, like i had to do EVERYTHING right.  A few years back someone on here told me to just...

The hens i have that i got as chicks (3 RIR, 2 Doms, 2 Lackenvelders, 1 B'cup) started laying at 5-7 months.  I was starting to wonder what i was doing wrong, but in two years i dont think the Doms have ever missed a day. ...

Mine did the same exact thing when i got lazy about keeping hay in the boxes.  I just cleaned out the corner they began using, then cleaning the next boxes out, I just make sure i keep lotsa hay in em now.  After that, plus a...

Thats exactly why i dont throw cracked eggs back into the run and i dont give em egg shells weve used as a calcium supplement, i dont EVER want them to associate their eggs with food.   

As an avid, 75-100 fishn trips a year fisherman, my birds eat A LOT of fish!  As i clean i thrown the guts and scraps over the fence, and they never leave a crumb.  Done it for years with no problems.  

I clip one wing to keep em off balance if they try to fly, but they're still able to jump/flap to a pretty decent height.  Mine have no problem getting three to four feet up onto a roost.

great job!  I need another and that would do it.

if its for support and anywhere near the gound, go with pressure treated.

great idea!  GONNA TRY THAT MYSELF.

Eggcellent!!!