Recent content by paintedChix

I differ on the white, the color of eggs & the crests. Some legbars, (the accepted cream, crele & white varieties & the currently not accepted blue, pumpkin, opal & isabella), carry a white gene and will produce white legbars. Originally, they were considered sports. Now, they are an acepted...

Cream Legbar Club You can get the basic SOP here. Looks like it's on the 5th draft... There are currently 3 "accepted" varieties. Cream, Crele & White. I know other breeders have at least 4 other varieties- Blue, Pumpkin, Opal & Isabella. I'm interested in seeing BuffTheBhrama's response!

For those of us who don't know, more info?

Can you post pics for us to see your current set up? So much easier to give advice. I am in NC too. Hate the sand on our property. Pretty sure it was heavily mono cropped & sprayed. At 1st, in 2015, not even bugs or worms. When it rained, the smell was bad enough to make people physically ill &...

You can search for your state thread. Even in same state, will be areas that have different microclimates - meaning different care routines. Work - I've found the bigger the area the chickens are contained in, the less work overall. You can do large, gravity fed waterers & feeders requiring...

What about layering it w/ "harder" cards stock or regular paper? I actually shred paper towels & napkins, but sandwich them between folded cereal box... Looks like I don't have a pic of that, but tucked between the 2 halves of this box would work... https://photos.app.goo.gl/dwPqia2pTKtbJhJ88

You Tube - Sean's Edible Acres- in NY https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihFHKqj6JerKruLfMcxdNKDRHkGxgwwz&si=bBtm_o09aIFyD-Gy

The problem is the solution... Fence in the side yard - weedeat just enough to put up temporary, electric poultry netting around all of it. If you don't want the netting for future use after this is done, resell it. It holds value well. While using netting, chickens will need to be moved into...

Looks like others have addressed coop issues. No one seems to have addressed the trampoline run... How will you do the 15' diameter run? Also small for 8 full size chickens. How will you clean it? Get sick or injured birds out? I have a trampoline that mat rotted off of & grandkids no longer...

Why? More work for you. Add old bedding & poo from coop to small run. Add clippings, wood chips, straw, leaves, pinestraw, shredded paper to both runs. I would raise your metal run up on cinder blocks or bricks like your fire pit. Lessons rusting out, contains what you use for the floor...

Like AART, I use wood chips when I can get them. I also use other natural items - pinestraw, leaves, hay, straw, branches, limbs, pinecones, weeds, garden cleanout. Bedding from the coop when cleaned out. Shredded paper - bills (plastic removed), phone books, waste paper from our vet clinic...

For folks that have a larger (or taller) run, this can be done in the run itself, taking up less space in yard & giving birds interest. It can be planted along sides & top w/ greens, veggies that they can eat, etc. Thread 'Chicken Food Tower'...

So. Have no idea HOW I missed your build thread! This is FABULOSO! I :loveit. I was lost as to what your roof style was, but didn't look it up. Figured it would all be explained in pics soon enough, LOL. Was more confused in the 1st pics of framing as I so was not getting it. Then more...

IMPRESSIVE! I haven't done that well, but working at it daily, lol.

It took me a LONG time to come back to this!! Hope you're still around. We did get our SIL, Daughter & 2 granddaughters settled up there 9 miles South of Shelby. I spent from mid- April thru Mid-July up there. To this day, the probate on the property isn't sorted so it's still considered my...