Recent content by pat1297

I only have 4 hens but none of them have given me an egg for more than 2 weeks. I am in N Fla and weather has not changed much here. Nothing has changed in the hen house, yard or feed, they do not appear sick in any way. They eat and drink same as always. What could be the problem? I am...

That is beautiful..... Points are right on and lovely stitching.

I only have 4 hens so the food lasts a long time. I keep it in the garage which probably heats up to 100 degrees, but I got those little crawling black bugs in both layer crumbles and scratch. I had them both in the big plastic bins with tight top, so I imagine the bugs larva was in there...

Do you folks get the darn little black bugs in your feed? I hate that even tho my feed was in a rubbermaid container I still got bugs.

I like it....and need to make one.

WOW, what a story. I need to pay more attention to my girls.....I dont think of them with a heart and soul like that.

Oh Oh, my girls have been eating and love banana peels. I havent seen a problem with them....

I use a cardboard banana box. They dont have a problem with it and are laying ok. They push the bedding around to their liking.

I just go out the door and they come running. I do not even say a word. They are such beggars, always seem to be ready to eat.

I have a screen instead of the board idea, but here recently I have discovered newspaper works great. I lay it down and they all poop on it. Easy clean up........They dont care where they poop, sometimes they will displace the paper but not usually.

Put in compost pile or if dont have one I mulch with them. They are valuable for the poop.

I have a big banana cardboard box that 2 can sit in. It has pinestraw and they love it, but prefer to go solo when in it. I have 6 hens and they share with no problem.

I have used some flashing that has a little lip on it for attaching. I used small screws to attach and it worked out great and was only a few $

If you dont clean the poop out, carry in the food and bedding, feed and water as well as cleaning the feeder and waterer, I would not count those folks are raising chickens. Their help does. Just saying.