Woodcliff Solar Chicken House
We had been thinking about getting chickens for a quite a while (to eat the hords of grasshoppers, make better compost, and EGGS), so decided to order chickens from a nearby state chicken hatchery. We received 13 Silver Laced Wyandotte's in early June and as each...
Thanks for the quick responses! I will get a picture in the next few days. They do not look like dried up worms, but speaking of critters, what would a mite or parasite infection look like? I know it depends on what type. Also, do chickens molt in the winter? They haven't molted yet and are...
In the last few weeks I have noticed something new in the poop pan under the chicken's roost. I have 4 hens and a rooster and every day when I clean out their
pan, there are a lot of white pieces that look like finger nail pieces. They are small and are probably the white parts of the feather...
My chickens are over 1 year and the hens are missing feathers on their back and upper wings. The one rooster has hardly any tail feathers. I know they are supposed to molt, but these feathers have been missing for months and I don't see any coming in. What is happening? Thank you for the info...
What is a solution to cracking eggs? They don't seem to like the oyster shell pieces i give them. They have just started to lay eggs. Thanks in advance!
We are hereby officially posting our coop building project in the coop design contest via the following personal page:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2250-
After 3 long months, the coop is finished and I do think the chickens like it!! Good luck one and all.
Being in the country, it's good to have a dog around. I know dogs can do in a chicken, but aren't there good flock dogs to get? Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance for the words of wisdom!!!
At what age can you let the chics out to free range (and hopefully eat up the hords of grasshoppers)? And how do you get them back to their temporary home/brooder (in process of building coop)? Thanks in advance for the info!!