Recent content by UtahLisa

I kind of lost my mind with this project and, yes, I have electricity to the whole area as well. I have also installed smart outlets and a google assistant. That way I can voice activate the lights, turn them off and on from inside my house and elsewhere...as well as setting up specific scenes...

It is...everyone here has to bury at least 3 feet deep and that's below. All lines were beneath that except for the pipes that fun vertically to the surface but again those are wrapped with heated tape and insulated. I hope it works (fingers crossed).

Yes, there is hot going in during the warmer months. I have a small water heater I'll be using that is under the coop in concrete box with access door. It is electric and only is about 1 1/2 foot tall. It's really small and only for a sink on the other side of my coop (washing hands and...

Thanks for the suggestions, but the pipes actually have electrical insulation wrap on them that automatically plug into the outlets that they were designated for. Plus they will have the foam insulation wrapped around that. The ones in the coop will have insulation in the wall and paneled...

It has now been a few weeks again and it seems she still has swelling in that foot. I think it's still infected. I don't want to have her endure another surgery to open that foot up again, so should I try antibiotics and if so which ones would work the best? Give me a few because I'm not sure...

I have had contractors here getting water to both chicken coops as well as the surrounding deck. My plans included spigots to both run and coop area. My only concern now is keeping the pipes from freezing. The tubing used is pex. I have done a lot of research and they maintain the best...

I had one of my Welsummer hens limping about 10 days ago. It didn't surprise me because she always fights with her sister. I gave her a quick look over and didn't see anything to be alarmed about. Last week she was still limping and when she jumped up onto her perch to get ready for bed I saw...

I just wanted to say that as a new hen mom stuff like this has given me the courage to take on the challenges face on. My hen had a bad infection in her foot. I though for sure it was bumble foot and was scared to deal with it. I waited a few days to see if it would go away but it continued...

New Hen mom of 21 chickens and 4 chicks...yup.

*** Old thread, I know buy have the same symptoms with two of my hens. THANK YOU for posting this. Lilypad has had horrible experience so have I. I had a sick hen 3 months ago and it was a process of Vets just ignoring me completely and treated me like I was wasting their time is a chicken...

Did you figure out a way to get your hen out of the nesting boxes? I have a Buff who won't leave the box and she has not been there for 3 days. When I push her out she will forage for a minute and take a dust bath but she'll sneak back in pretty quickly. Suggestions for the same issue????

Oh my gosh, that I glanced over and totally laughed out loud. That was perfect timing and pretty stink'in funny. thanks "granny hatchet".

Thank you....she's buried with our dogs that passed away at 14 and 16 years. My kids made her a marker. It's official...they're pets...Names and all. I'm just waiting my my girls to make them ID bracelets. They are so great with the kids and love being here so it's been awesome!

I don't think exhaust fumes is good for anything....so that's just slow suffocation. Thanks for the input and actually someone here locally mentioned a cone and I had to google what that was even. There are several video that quickly popped up and I think that would be a great thing to have...

Thank you so much for your understanding and yes even the hard realization that dislocation is probably the fastest way to handle this. It's what ended up being the resolution at the end. I got a lot of direction from everyone here and support, which made me feel a lot better about what needed...