I always knew that my one Novogen (whose sister flew away last year) and my Buff Brahma (whose sister died young) both didn't count, but now I have the proof!
My chickens have seemed to really like the baths and hair dryer. I don't know if it's a "deer in the headlights" thing or if they truly like it. But no fights and they settle right down.
Glad that you followed up with this regarding the grounds. The Starbucks stores here have baskets they leave the grounds in for anybody to use for their gardens. I'm guessing the east coast is different. Maybe suggest to them that they can do this? It may be a new concept for them. As far as...
Your welcome, and definitely my bad for not watching all the videos! You "get" it and I admire your ability to change. More people should be like that :) I definitely like the improvements. I subscribed to your YouTube.
I think what you are doing is very innovative. I watched your videos on YouTube and I'm guessing that maybe you live in a tropical climate where it is relatively warm all year long? I'm guessing this because of how you built the battery cages. It is just one chicken per cage. In a cold climate...
@Hinotori , Do you eat the silkies and if so, how do you cook them? I roasted one of our roos (during the whole "roo debacle") and it turned out so weird we couldn't bring ourselves to eat it.
It doesn't really matter where you put the door as long as you can cut out a rectangular opening. I have mine on the hardware cloth of the people door:
Hello Cluckatar! Unfortunately my personal experience leads me to believe it will be very difficult for you to find a forever home for him. I had five roos (all silkies) and I posted everywhere. I even found a home for one, but she returned him. I had to cull all of them. Not a fun time.
The fireworks by me were out of control! It was like WW3. But our chickens were fine because we do a lot of woodwork in the backyard, and they have gotten really used to extremely loud noises.