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"Too much marsh; not enough mellow!!!" ~Carlos (from the movie "Hop")

I've made saddles out of denim in the past and they've worked fantastic! Never had any that broke the feathers. Has your hen gone through a molt cycle since installing the saddle? Is the rooster rough? My first hen I used a saddle on (a wyandotte) went through a molt before her feathers came...

Good idea! Thank you for sharing. Earlier tonight I ordered my new water-releasing devices (to avoid the "word"). I plan on putting them on a 5 gallon bucket and adding a heater of some sort. The dog waterer I used to use is not big enough for all my ladies. They drink upwards of 3 gallons of...

This might be a silly question, but why put an insert in the dog water bowl? Why not just use the bowl itself? In the past I have used a standard dog waterer with a piece of plywood covering a majority of the hole to eliminate pooping/bedding in the waterer. I'm looking at other options now...

Did you do anything special to get them to try it? I just ordered my nipple waterers from Farmtek today. Thanks!

I called the hatchery first thing this morning. We ran down a list of possibilities. Nothing really "fit" except the shipping in February. They're offering me 21 replacements which I will be picking up on Wednesday. Hopefully this will be the end of it. We're left with 10 survivors from the...

Help! This is the third batch of chicks that I have purchased from a hatchery. I have never purchased from this hatchery before, but this one was recommended by a friend (and leader of our 4H poultry barn). When I ordered, I asked them to hold the chicks and I would pick them up. I don't feel...

I live close to McMurray and have only bought 3 hatchery orders. One from McMurray, two from other Iowa hatcheries. I picked up the order from McMurray in June and was pleased with their facilities and employees. I wish we would have had time to get a tour, but it was a Saturday and they were...

Congratulations! It's a little darker than my Wyandottes' eggs, but maybe because it "cooked" so long? T

My coop is an A shape with the run directly underneath a "landing area" with the nesting boxes, feeder/waterer and roosts. I continuously put bedding in the nesting boxes, but my ladies keep kicking the bedding to the very bottom corner of the coop and laying their eggs the farthest spot from...

Hello from a neighbor! I'm also in central Iowa. I also am unable to gather my eggs until later in the evenings, after they have frozen. I have used these eggs up to a week afterwards with no ill effects. The eggs do take on a different consistancy than fresh eggs, but they still look a lot...

I recently had a lengthy discussion with a leader of our 4-H chicken department. She suggested getting my daughter's chicks in January or February so they will be ready for showing in late July. She stated that many of the 4-H families begin this process by starting the chicks in the basement of...

These are all *adorable* and such little cutie-pies!! I'm looking forward to January when my daughter gets her baby's for the 4-H fair. I'll post pics then!

Wow! These coops are AMAZING!! Makes me start grinding the gears on how I can make my coop better. Thank you all for sharing!

I really appreciate the help. I'll check at my library tomorrow to see if they have it (and how old it is). Maybe I'll luck out. As far as finding out what the fair itself expects, I'll do some checking on that. We just signed her up, so we haven't gotten all our information packets yet...