Recent content by sweetmama65000

cutest things i ever saw:jumpy

one thing we do is throw canned corn into the coop. they love it! we they here us call and see that container of corn all but 3 stubern bitties come. but then we use branches and herd them in the pen. it works really really good!

sorry, i ment sure in the last or second to last sentance. And i know how you feel:)

I had a roo that was killed by a coon> thank God my daughter wasn't there. she cried hard enough just when i told her! i can't imagine how she would react if she saw Bill's body (or at lest what was left of it). i still think about him. He was my favorite rooster. When my first hen was brooding...

I have a crossbreed rooster and he's beautiful! Love him to death. If i had a digital camera i'd take pics of him and put them on here. Spot had a brother named cookie who looked like a twin. We had to give him away sadly But the man we gave him to imidetly said " that's a beutiful rooster"...

You shouldn't be to mad at the rooster. He just might have thought the the baby was a thret. She could have run towards him too fast, you never know.

nope, he's a rooster. he has a big comb, big wattles, sickle feathers, and has fathered 4 babies. the only other chickens i had were the two bantam hens, and no other rooster in the pen to fertilize eggs. so i'm sure he's a male, but he sure acts like a female in the nest. he mates with the...

while we're on spurs, why doesn't my rooster have any? spot is 10 months old, and has procreated quite well, but there are still no spurs, not even "nubbies". he also gets in the nest box, tries to roll an egg under him, and makes those purring sounds that hens make. my daughter and i joke...

thanks, everyone. my plywood isn't so pretty, either, so that's why i was hoping to put color on the coop. i hadn't thought about putting any kind of sealer on the frame of the run, since it's treated, but now i think i should probably do that, too. after the painting is done, i've only got...

thank you. so that holds up well against the elements? my folks have been freaking me out, telling me that you can't paint plywood, it will still soak up water. i was beginning to worry that i hadn't built it right. you didn't have to put any kind of sealant on it before you painted it, did...

hi, all. i am trying to finish the coop part of my tractor. i used treated lumber for the framework of the pen, but bought untreated plywood for the coop. (didn't want the babies to be inside with a lot of fumes.) but now i don't know what to paint or seal the outside of the coop with. if...

hi, scott. great looking coop, AND both avatars. i am just finishing my tractor, and am stumped as to what to paint/seal the coop with. the coop is built of untreated plywood, and i need to get it waterproofed. i was hoping to paint it barn red, but i don't know if that's possible and still...

3-5 days???? can you come to my house for a while? great looking "chicken environment". can't wait to get mine done.

i am so sorry for your loss. i will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

i have always been told that when i'm mad, i act like a bantam rooster.