Recent content by GYSOT

To be honest I don't want to have any chicks right now. This flock was already at the house when I bought it. So I don't want to introduce any new chicks to the flock. The precious owner didn't keep track of the age or when he purchased new birds. Ok well I guess I'll get my hooves on and get...

She pecks me like crazy. I guess I'll try and put on my grilling gloves... ..

How do you break them of this? I have 2 doing this. One will let me roll her to on side to get the eggs. The other pecks and will not move or allow me to get close. Need some help. They are each sitting on about 6-8 eggs. They are not fertile.

Yeah, I'll end up getting some bedding for them. Everywhere was closed today that I can get it from.

Update: I made some progress today. I got some ventilation in and cleaned the floors.

Just went and pulled it out. It wasn't really making that much of a difference anyways. I was able to touch the bulb with my barehand. My 60w lights in my house get hotter than that and it is a 250w red lamp.

This is why I'm here. Thanks yall. I'll go pull it out now.

I would love to. I just bought the house and moved in, the coop and birds were already here from the previous owners. They didn't do much in the way of taking care of the coop, run, or the chickens themselves. The only reason I'm putting it in there tonight is the sudden drop in temperature. I'm...

So my chicken coop has no ventilation and I'm really worried about the temp dropping tonight to around 19°, which is about a good drop in temperature considering our temps haven't dropped below 32 yet. The coop is not insulated, So I got a 250w red heat lamp. With the humidity high in the coop...

Well once I can get the new one built I do plan on calling the local FD to help do a controlled burn. For now I just want to keep my birds alive and as healthy as I can.

So I took some quick measurements last night and this is what I've come up with. I will cut (4) 2'x4' sections in the roof, been them up and create (4) dormers. I'll use wood to fill in the sides and leave the fronts of them open covered with hardware cloth. I will try to create roughly 32sqft...

Yes, South Carolina. Just did a lot of reading for ventilation, man the coop they are in now sucks!!! There is none St all up high toilet air out! Which is why the ammonia smell is so bad. I've got some work ahead of me to get the current one setup properly while we start building the new one...

I'm very heavy in the offensive; heavy disinfectants and a "closed" flock (I usually bring in new genetics only by eggs, although I did break my rule...I did it very carefully)  99% of the flock is not purebred. I breed my own birds for replacements and what doesn't make the cut goes...

Hey yall. Sorry we moved yesterday and unpacked all day today. I will update yall tomorrow with pictures of current situation. So trying to be a handyman and a dyi guy I got a pintrest (sorry to say but I did and you can't have my man card. Lol) and saw an awesome idea. We just so happen to...