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I have a Ameracauna hen that is about 11 months old that is coughing and losing feathers around her neck. I can't find any illness that has both sx, so I'm wondering if there are two things going on - some molting and a respiratory illness? I'm at work, but when I get home I'll take a...

I'm in Seattle and the stores around here don't have that rule, but my friend in Tacoma has encountered it. Seattle ordinances only allow 3 chickens per lot, though, so maybe that's why they don't around here (I don't know of any feed stores in the Seattle limits, though - I'm talking about the...

Awesome. I put the feeder and the waterer up on blocks and now I have very little spilled food and fewer shavings in the water (we have that problem, too, but I just thought it was inevitable). Wooot!

Well, rotzilla, it would appear you have gifted chickies! Good advice, silkie - I will give that a try!

My first chicks are about two weeks old, and I'm feeding them chick starter in one of those things with the plastic jar that drains into a round dealie with holes for their wee heads (am I making sense? lol). Well, in the last few days I keep coming home to most of the food all over the floor...

Quote: My parents live in Omak! We get there a few times a year. And, yes, the rule in the Seattle city limits is 3 hens, no roosters. That said, I've heard roosters crowing in every Seattle neighborhood I've lived in. I think as long as your neighbors don't complain you're fine (both...

This thread rocks. We live in Seattle, where you can recycle just about everything curbside. So, we do a lot of recycling, but it's easy so we can't take a lot of credit for it. We compost like crazy. Big yard waste bin, two 'green cones' for food waste (though once our chicks grow they...

Quote: Hey, I have an Ameraucana named Cleo! For the same reason, of course - when your Cleo grew did she lose her eyeliner? Mine are only a week old! Also have an Ameraucana named Cannonball. The five year old named her because she has these three dots on her head that look like a pile...

Oh, and you can just call me coocoo.

Quote: Washing soda is just a little different than baking soda? Like baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and washing soda is sodium carbonate. Or something like that. It's still a completely natural, environmentally friendly substance. I think it dissolves better? I have bought gigantic...

I use that recipe, too! And sometimes when I'm lazy I just mix the ingredients all up dry and use it that way (works fine, though the gel is probably better in cold water). Also, you can buy essential oils pretty inexpensively at http://essentialoils.org/ and some other places online. What I...

I'm a vegetarian. I have been vegan, but I love butter and cheese too darn much. The rest of my household eats meat, but our birds are pets with eggs, pest control and fertilizer as fringe benefits. Well, at least that's the plan - my first chicks are one week old! That said, while I would...

Hi. I'm new here, posted maybe 10 time on the other board. Totally new to chickendom - I have four wee chicks in my laundry room (Cleo, Buelah, Hazel and Cannonball. The latter named by my five year old). Oh, and the reason I'm posting on this thread is because I live in Seattle!