Recent content by mickistoy

i just bought a 10x12 metal shed from sears website for $399! that will hold 30 chickens.....i only want 6 but am planning/fear chicken math!

sounds like you need a large visually intimidating person to hang out for a bit and see if she doesnt back down a little we have dogs in our neighborhood at all hours, not all nite mind you just enough to let something know that this is my place and you need to get! lol sorry about your...

thanks for all the great advice! i will have to look into the hatcheries more....never heard of the rainbow layer chics. there is so much to learn it is mind blowing! so glad i found BYC!!!

maybe batting for the wrong team? have you explained "everything" to him?

mine only talk when i forget my meds weird huh?

are you naming it the poop coop? sorry i cant help myself sometimes

i have searched byc and found no answer so here it goes: i am getting ready to build my shed/coop and have decided that i want a variety of breeds soooooo that being the case i understand the whole quaratine thing. but my question is if i go to a swap meet the odds of finding someone selling...

Quote: and less chance of going to jail!

if you can get up to where they are roosting you can take old panty hose and put moth balls in them an nail them up. i have had good sucess with this with my nuisance trapping. i put these up and tell customer after a week or 2 call someone in to seal up openings (attic, etc)

LOVE IT!!!!!!!! sounds like something i would get yelled at for doing!

never had a roo....but is it possible that headlights are flashing him causing it? or a motion light kicking on? then again he may want to say goodnight?

this i can handle....i have no issues dealing with snakes. however i read a post a short while ago that someone had a tarantula (sp?) on them while cleaning the coop! i would die on the spot......you wanna see a grown man wet his pants, throw his hands up in the air and run screaming like a...

not very "techie" but how about a section listing chicken supplies that you can get from BYC members. for example some sell personalized egg cartons and the name escapes me but someone sells water nipples, etc. when i get chickens i personally rather support a member than a chain store.

that is super cool!

stink! i got bee spray/ knocked there nest out of the tree while trying to get the "paper wasp" nest taken care of. didnt even notice the birds nest or the eggs till too late RIP little birds