Recent content by cackleberrychooks

The first picture is the north window made from a picture frame, and the second picture is my brooder I used for quite a few weeks before I took the new girls outside to the "nursery" side of the coop.

Well I gave away 1 hen quite awhile ago - golden-laced wyandotte - she just was too aggressive with my flock, then this Spring I gave away the last of my older hens (3 years old now) and took the 4 hens born last July (SLW & BR) who are now laying eggs (after I thoroughly cleaned the old girls...

I lost a hen on Oct 9th. She had been staying in the nest and mostly sleeping, and on the third day she was gone to chicken heaven. I have no idea what she had that took her. There was no drainage of any kind, or any other symptom that I could see. I am baffled. Another chicken I have has a...

I am too far away out here in the Rocky mountains. I already have 7 hens and 4 half-grown chicks. I need to get rid of some of my hens (because they don't lay that much anymore) and hope to get about 4 chicks next Spring. Good luck - but I am too far away!

Quote: How do you add a picture with your chicken name - whatever so it appears on your post? Got to go to parent-teacher conf. Be back later. Let me know!

I bought it from Harbor Freight for about $20 and saw essentially the same thing in a magazine by Dr. Leonard or Carol ?? for much higher. It makes it a whole lot easier to shut the coops up at night as well because I don't have to take the flashlight out with me - my movement keeps the light on...

Hi. I am new to this. I have been raising chickens for about 3 years now. I have 11 hens, 4 of them are about 2 months old and I call them my "teenage" chickens. This summer I recently added to the original coop which was about 4 X 4 feet. Now I have 2 coops under one roof. I added about...