Recent content by CindyG

Just wanting to show (off) what one of my EE girls is giving me. One every three days, must take that long to make it I guess. I'm so proud, you'd think I did it myself, :-)

Seems like everyone has their own method, so it's whatever works for you. I use a Brinsea Mini Advance, and I love it, actually have two. Trying to keep my desire to hatch in check as if I had a large bator I would be overrun I know. I don't put any water in till lockdown, and run my temp at...

Thanks everyone, the hen died after a few days. I was managing to get a bit of vitamins and water into her but really, was just prolonging the inevitable. I wish I had gotten some chicks from her, she was gorgeous.

Hi all, I also have lost a few hens recently to a mysterious ailment. Well, mysterious to me anyway. As another poster noted, they seem to just lose interest, tend to sit still for long periods of time, then stop eating and drinking. It's almost like they go into a zen state, or coma and...

Thru the summer I usually clean the shavings out every couple of weeks but in winter I just keep adding to as the deep litter is an insulator from the cold floor. Also, when I put the new shavings in I just put a big pile in the middle of the coop and boy, do the chickens love to roll around in...

That is a nice set up you have there. I've found tho that I have to keep my birds out of my storage and working area. They poop on my tools, and, lay their eggs in my bundle of shavings. I've gone to scoop out new shavings and tossed an egg into the coop. It's all a learning experience.

Interesting that you put the walls up on the inside first, leaving the studding showing. Will you insulate and put up outside walls? Why did you do it this way? Inquiring minds....

That's a nice backyard, but I think you're going to find that even two chickens can make a lot of mess. They don't understand that you don't want them up on your chairs and tables and leaving their little piles everwhere. Also, they scratch at the grass till they get down to bare earth. Maybe...

I have chickens and quail in my coop, in fact I broodered a lone silkie chick with my button quail and now she won't leave them. Better use hardware cloth as quail will slip through chicken wire no problem and they don't have the same instinct for returning to the coop. I have one coturnix and...

Looks like a great space for chickens, I personally am now looking for a bigger house (well, I don't care about the house, it's the property I need. I'm on an acre now, but need more!! That's how chicken (and goat) math works. Show us pics of your build. Good luck.