Posts by Haunted Chicken

The gate to the area I keep my hens in opens out and I hate it.  We plan to rebuild it this weekend and have it swing in.  I am forever shooing them back in.  I hate having to walk in and then turn around to shut the...

Does anybody have a good source for chia seeds.  We bought 25lbs for $90 last year (from Bob's red mill).  They do not have any in bulk right now and the best we are finding on line is $200 for 25lbs.  More than double...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickPrincess  I went ahead and bought Tricide-neo on line (found koiacres.com that has a free ship special).    I just completed surgery on my hen's foot earlier tonight.  Same...

Quote: Originally Posted by Beekissed    I'll tell you from whence the Beekissed came....way back when I first joined my first forum it was on beekeeping because I was really researching getting bees~which...

Quote: Originally Posted by leadwolf1  Sometimes, animals sense that something is wrong with one of the babies and will try and kill it and only it....maybe she would raise all the others just fine.  I think I...

My mama hen attacked one of her chicks two months ago.  I removed the hen from the brooder.  The other chicks and the mama cried for two days straight.  Finally I moved the brooder so she could lay next to it.  Once...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fox  I have never had mites until this year! It must be a bad year for mites. I took out all my bedding and burned it. The last thing I wanted to do was have mites wherever I dumped the...

I should add the hens, coop and run will be treated tomorrow!!!  I figure I need to do it on a day I don't work so I don't have to rush it.  

I've been anxiously awaiting spring to clean out the deep litter and add it to my compost pile....only to find my girls have mites.  Unfortunately their favorite place to play behind the coop is covered in bark dust.  I"m...

The nails on my run come threw.  My husband didn't want me to bend or cut them so we're going to cut up an old hose into 1" sections and push them up onto the nails.  It'll look funny but at least no one will get cut and will...