Recent content by vinniepoch

yes or no, what is the difference?

hi, we sell our eggs in town and people ask us how long will these eggs stay? any answers?

we have 2 roosters who are 6 months old. one ia a barredrock and the other is a delaware. they crow all day long. 8 to 9 times a minute! will they grow out of it? theres times they don't crow of course, but for the most part its game on. let me know please, thanks

Don't do it. I really don't know about the dregs from the wort, but the hops in it is bad for dogs so I just wouldn't. I brew with whole hops and I read that it is bad for animals. I was thinking the same thing and did research on the internet and everyone said no.

Hi, we have 9 new birds who are 4 mos. old to blend into our flock of 21 who are 1 and a half yrs. old. any suggestions? thanks, vinnie

hi, we have a rooster who is going to a chicken butchering class because he is mean to the hens when he does his rooster thing. anyway, i have heard from a few people that roosters are too tough to eat. any ideas or recipies? thanks, vinnie

hi, we have 22 chickens all of which seem healthy. the past few days i have been noticing bluish green poop. we have had these birds for a year and i have never seen poop like this before. any ideas? thanks, vinnie

hi, we have 22 chickens all of which seem healthy. the past few days i have been noticing bluish green poop. we have had these birds for a year and i have never seen poop like this before. any ideas? thanks, vinnie

on wed. one of our barred rocks became lathargic and having runny green/ white poop. we isolated her. she will not eat or drink. she is just laying there. it's sun. night and she's still hanging on. she doesn't seem to be destressed in anyway. any thaughts? thankyou, vinnie

We've got a 35 week old barred rock hen that has spent the whole day in the coop on a roost. She has really running poop that is mostly white with a little bit of kelly green in it. I don't think she's moved all day. We noticed on Wednesday that one of the barred rocks was lethargic when we let...

one of our buffs has seemed to go broody all of a sudden, how do you correct thic behavior?

so, last night all of our chickens roosted up except one buff, who went for the laying boxes. we said what ever, and in the morning she was still in there and would not get out and was raising quite the fit. my wife finally got her out of the box at 9:45am, and there were three eggs under her. I...

what's up? the past 3 days or so our 24 week old hens have been waking up around 6 am and cackeling loudly like they just layed an egg. what's their problem?

hi, we have 19 hens that are 24 weeks old. buffs, sexlinks, barred rocks, and ameracaunas. everyone started laying on june 29th or so except the ameracanas. when will thet start laying?

hey, don't use a wire for the floor, their feet don't like it. we used plywood and went to a flooring store and got some remnants of vinal flooring. we screwed it down and it sweeps out quite easy.