Not very good with building stuff myself i m just going to go off the linked hoop coop galvanized roof design and use the Amazon run tubing as guide. I have 5 total Amazon runs ranging from 5x6 to 10ft by 30ft some are held down by trampoline straps and one is bolted to cement footing. The only...
I am in central Texas around 20 minutes from Austin. No snow loads , no direct hurricanes, ocasional high winds , rainy days, needs shade for sure (sun and wind destroy the thickest tarps available in about 6 months)
Need help on ways to build out this Amazon run into a sturdy chicken house for 30 so layers. I want ideas on how to construct a proper roof for it given it’s a dome type top. I already plan on covering the walls with plywood and or siding completely leaving only small windows on the bottom with...
They have 3 heating pads that they go under of, I started off with only 2 pads so they were about 40-50 chicks under each one in day one
I put in a third heating pad last night and 7 more ended up being crushed this afternoon.
I need help dealing with my turkey chicks keep bunching up and the ones on the bottom fall asleep and get squished on to death. I have 100 , 20 have died,. They have 3 rent a coop brooders that are meant for 50 chicken chicks. I have tried evenly put them under each brooder at night.
I checked...
Yeah it's the only regular diet I give all my birds but they're so small they will literally only eat a kernel of corn every now and then, they prefer the little black seeds and alfalfa pellets it comes in feed bag.
Yeah for sure I meant I feed them once but I give them about a cup and it lasts them literally a day or two, where as my big game birds inhale their feed.
Hello recently got gifted this group of chickens I know they are seramams/bratham but what breed are they? will they be able to produce chicks?
Also would love to know what age they seem to be.