Articles by ChicKat

when I started this..... it seems the only way to update was via comment. So--- comments below are the 'accumulated' things learned.

2017-0-5-04 - Perfect Chick - Today is hatch day. Last hatch day of the Spring breeding season -- Last night, not even a pip -- today I wake up and find a lavender-brown (Isabel) in the Brinsea mini. This baby worked the night shift. There are 7 other eggs. One of which was dropped during...

moved from homepage to consolodate--- Coop criteria for me: 1. Predator proof 2. Durable 3. Easy to clean 4. I can build (assemble) it myself 5. I can move it myself (solo) 6. I can pack up the whole thing and take to someone's house to 'baby sit' while I am on vacation or traveling 7. Warm in...

ChicKat's Notes on the Chicken Adventure started in 2011 Two hoop coops made from cattle panels with tarp roofs, and one hoop coop under construction. The large chainlink enclosure still there -- had a couple of tarp re-roof jobs in the past 2-years, but the original cattle panel hoop coop...

This page has references and resources--- and now links....... For Vet help with your chickens if you don't have access to a local vet who handles poultry: A vet I wish I had known about is 'The Chicken Doctor', Dr. Peter J. Brown. He will do a call back for $25 and the fee would be...

I am excited for my friend about her very cool Eglu Cube. Im also putting some "testamonials" about Eglu products here in order to help someone if they are wondering if an Eglu would work for their needs. The roof will slide and after unlatching, the back door will come off. The two orange...

2014-09-19 - Good-Bye - for now - This blog has grown too large with words and pictures to be able to edit with the technology I have. Thanks for all your support and comments.... Look for a new blog - Jottings II sometime in the future. :O) 2014-7-18 - Nice reprieve - Temperatures in the...

NEW 8/8/15 Here is new information - August 2015 that makes a case to NOT vaccinate for Marek's http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/tthis-chicken-vaccine-makes-virus-dangerous/#.VcDVsqtnVq0.facebook Gail Damerow spends a couple of pages on this in her book: the Chicken Health Handbook...