Recent content by LittleWhiteSpec

You can use PVC for feeders and waterers. For a waterer I used 3" PVC cut to length with a 3"cap glued on one end, then put a poultry nipple in it. That worked pretty well, and I just drilled tiny holes in the opposite end of the cap to run a thin rope through to hang it up. Just use...

Looks great. The swing and playhouse worked out really well for coop/run combo. Great idea!

Thanks! The BLP has fathers growing in on her head now and looks like she's having a terrible hair day. So funny.

Here are pictures of 3 of our new chicks, which were born May 3, 2016. The first is a Buff Laced Polish, second is a Welsummer, and last is our Olive Egger. They are so fun to watch grow!

Chicks

Looks like a Welsummer to me. I have one right now that is 3 weeks old and looks just like that. That is unless I have my own confused. I have a GLW the same age tha looks like the other dark ones pictured above. I'm a new chicken owner though.

3"PVC cap and 2"PVC Pipe

Sorry to hear that...sad to lose a beloved pet.

Thanks for the advice. It has been in the high 90's and low 100's here so there are some challenges.

This looks like sound advice to me and I will be trying it. I really like the fact that they go to sleep when it is bedtime. Great article and great writing!

Thanks!

I appreciate the advice. I would love to be there to supervise an out of the pin visit twice a day but I do have a day job so I'll only be able to watch them when I am home in the evenings and weekends. Otherwise I'm afraid what might happen to them. I do want to free-range them as much as...

Awesome!! Sounds like a good plan o me. I do not know much about goats either but had a few when I was pretty young. They ended up getting thru a small hole in the fence and getting hit by a train while running down the tracks! All they had to do was step to one side or the other.....not the...

Thanks for the words of wisdom! I plan on pinning them up mostly but will let them out for a few hours each evening when I get home from work, mainly so I can keep an eye on them. My neighbor has a dog they let out in the evenings so I have to make sure and coordinate with them so the ladies...

No pun intended! LOL!