Recent content by KellyJ74

Use the mist setting if possible, use a rake or shovel to churn the pellets after you spray them so the coating on the pellets breaks down. I usually will put a quarter of a bag in a cement mixing bin, spray it, stir it, come back after a held hour, spray and stir, and I keep doing it until 70%...

The doors face North East and the wind comes from the South usually.

Thank you so much for the pictures!! I completely understand what everyone else was talking about now😂 I literally completely rebuilt the left front door yesterday, so cutting it for ventilation is painful to think of doing. LOL I absolutely can cut the green section out on the front and back...

My 6 chickens are approaching 3 months old and are outgrowing the brooder. The coop will be finished this week and I'm eager to put them in there, but is there a specific way to do it? I don't have other chickens, so no one to teach them, and they've been spending the day in the run for the past...

Our chickens are between 10 & 12 weeks old and a few of them are molting. First time chicken mom and I swear it looks like a pillow fight gone wrong 🤣 Since they're on starter feed, do I still need to up their protein to help with the molting?

Does everyone keep food and water in the run or the coop or both?

Sand is what I think I'll end up getting. This was a pain in the rump.

Hello Chicken Hive Mind😀 First off, I'm a new chicken mom. I've got 5 week old chicks and my daughter has been having a reaction to the pine shavings in the brooder. I know pellets are basically crushed pine, but I'm curious if the difference in how it's processed will help my daughter. After...

This makes me so happy to read. I've got 2 pullets and a cockerel that are Australorps and was really conflicted about keeping the boy. They're only 4 weeks old right now, but he's the sweetest, most gentle bird. It's good to know that, hopefully, he won't be a hormonal psychopath. I'm curious...

I'm curious, how do you try to keep a rooster from being a jerk as he grows up? We've got a 4-week old australorp who is just the coolest bird. He's gentle when I offer treats with my hand, will call the other chicks over and then start eating once they find the treats, but he's bullied by one...

Will this work on a 6 week old pullet who chases and attacks everyone? She's still in the brooder with everyone and they're all within a couple weeks of each other, but my goodness gracious is she a PITA to everyone 🙄

Thank you so much! I will definitely check her out. I'm curious about the hand feeding, we do that with all the babies, is this bad? I thought it was to build trust? I love the idea of being in there with a purpose. Brilliant 😊

Out of a batch of 17 chicks, 2 are cockerels. One is a speckled sussex and the other is an australorp. there's a 2 1/2 week age difference between them. The speckled sussex is an absolute A-hole. The Australorp is so gentle with me and the other pullets... for now. I've read that most austalorps...

Thank you so much! There's 8, 6 week olds in the brooder.

I've currently got 2, 46 inch, round plastic pools set up as brooders. I also have a critter nation cage being used for a "quarantine" brooder as one of the younger chicks has wry neck that I'm treating. The ages of the chicks range from 2 weeks old to, I'm guessing, almost 5 weeks old. The two...