Recent content by Brydon

ok, just a follow up as I feel like an idiot. Lice are handled and turns out we only had a problem with sneezing because the shavings we were using in the coop and nest boxes were too dusty. So much to learn so little time!!!

Hello Everyone, I am new to the whole chicken raising and was looking at our herd of "mutts" and purebreds and wondering about hatching chicks etc. We have a few purebred hens with no rooster to go with them. Our big rooster is the product of a golden comet and a leghorn i think. (bought...

Hey, we have a too and two Icelandic hens. Never knew they were rare but we got them from a man in Lexington getting out. We were thinking of selling them because they are much smaller than our others and we didn't want them to get beat up. We have just started this chicken adventure and...

Hello everyone, Since I posted in the diseases forum it seemed time to post an introduction. We have an 8 acre "farm" near Lexington KY and my roommate has become chicken obsessed this year. We have gone from "get a few chickens... less than 12" to having 31 birds with 29 hens and 2...

I don't like the dying part!!! :( but I understand it.... we have a big coop (the chicken palace) which we bed with shavings and change out about every week to two weeks. it doesn't smell like poop or ammonia and has four windows for ventilation. I have used the DE in the coop...

Hello Everyone, My first time posting but I have been reading for months trying to do what is best by our chickens. My roommate has become obsessed with chickens so we have a small flock of 31. Two roosters (one leghorn/golden comet cross and one icelandic) and the rest an assortment...