Recent content by Parrotrancher

I pick up plastic dog carriers at yard sales. I remove the front door, and fill it with bedding, and the girls just love them.... If I get a broody hen I just pick up the whole carrier, move it to a small pen I have to hatch and raise chicks, and everyone is happy. I move them at night, and...

I live in a little town in Wewahitchka, Florida. I had a friend that loved my chickens, and decided to get her a couple, even though she lived in town. She had the neatest little "cottage" built for them, and only kept 4 hens. No rooster ! The other people on the block didn't even know they...

I once had a rooster that started wanting to attack me. I would hem him up in the coop and catch him. Then I picked him up under my arm with his feet tightly in my left hand. I would stroll around the yard, checking on everything, talking to the other girls, and stroking him. HE HATED IT ...

What do you guys recommend for worming Chickens. I have large Black Giants. I live in NW Florida. Linda