Recent content by brozilla

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Found these in my coop. all my silkies seem to be healthy. No clue what it is...or if it requires a chicken whisperer. Firm but kinda texture of a pencil eraser. Thoughts? Thank you

Can they? This question is about flooring. Getting ready for winter and the girls will be moved under cover from rain. Never had concrete floor before yhis year. How to prep? Indoor/outdoor carpet? Padded horse stall floor? They will have deep sand tray. Oh. Winter here is low 45. No...

gardeners love coffee grinds; try local coop gardens or a garden center....

To avoid some mess from watering dish....get a paint tray and the paint screen that goes inside the tray. Put the watering dish/bowl into that..when the ducks got bigger i just got a glass vase they could dunk head in and put that onto the paint screen..then the mess goes into the tray...worked...

I see these all the time on internet but don't know who uses them or how effective they are... https://coolcreativity.com/handcraft/build-diy-backyard-chicken-tunnel/

Used to free range; lost bantams over few years. Now in a large coop and we let them out in the back of the coop that has trees between coop and fenceline. That really is not a solution as on our other coop a hawk sat on the fence and dropped down to get a hen not more than 12 feet from where...

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okay...so Fall in midvalley California doesn't reallly count as winter like....no snow...lows in low 50s... but...I'm wondering if we need to change our layer feed for the upcoming change in weather. They get all table scraps and dried herbs and fruit and quack quack quack... Laying silkies...

oh I see...wattage is related to lumens.....so, does the color of the light matter? does it need to be an actual "daylight" color range to simulate real daylight? or just a bulb (in my case LED) that glows light and chickens don't care the color? I'm glad my wife can't see this post....

Yes, I know that Silkies are not bred for their egg laying abilities....so maybe this does not apply, if so...let me know that too.. Upgraded coop and run and I have read that chickens need between 13-16 hours of sunlight a day to produce eggs. Coming into (fall) winter, we are running about...

where did you get the feed? im in fair oaks and cant seem to find organic chicken feed or organic layer feed or ??? thanks! may 3 2014

i can't get that link to work. do you have another? thanks