Recent content by Greg Mann

Warning this is long! Everyone's situation is different...I live in the Calif foothills. I'm about 45 minutes to town and an hour NE of Sacramento. I put a battery in my hen house to run a tiny led light. It goes on at about 4 am daily. I have four 7 month old hens that quit laying about 6 wks...

THanks for such a wide variety of test materials. I appreciate your feedback. Greg

I kept a Moluccan Cockatoo for a few years and he loved raw garlic and dried red chile peppers too. In this case the raw garlic didn't seem to be a problem. Once I married he had to go and he went to a breeder that had a female Moluccan. ymmv so be cautious, Greg :rolleyes:

Sorry for you and Her....🐔

Hi Julie, Thanks for joining us here on backyard chickens and helping us with Nutri Drench. Recently 3 older chickens arrived from my daughter. They were quite hungry and stressed. The rooster came down with Foul Pox about 2 weeks after they arrived. I put him down yesterday and just gave...

Thanks so much for your wonderful documentation. My inexperience, still air incubator, and a two-hour loss of power has failed this batch of eggs (I'm on day 23 with no signs of life). During the experiment, I bought the gear and created a chest incubator...it has two light bulbs for heat a...

Sure looks like rat poop to me...my approximate guess to the size of rat poop is 1/2 to 3/4" long by about 1/4" diameter. Rats can naw through most any container except metal. I find that the typical galvanized metal garbage cans if lidded will keep them out. They have nawed their way into my 50...

You are really getting a good start on your coop rebuild. Thanks, Greg

Nice Job...it looks like a swell place for the chickens to live ;o) Thanks for sharing, Greg

It so wonderful to see the young ones enjoying the chickens and the process so much. Thanks for sharing. Greg

I bet you are really enjoying those chicks...and thanks for the pics and your story ;o) Greg

I knew a lady many years that was hand feeding several baby Parrots and she had to get up several times at night for quite a while to keep those youngesters a going strong. Cute little birdies, Greg

That's quite interesting...I don't have any experience and I would have thought the fan would smooth out the temperature differential... Thanks, Greg