Recent content by clchickenlady

What were the results of the meeting in 2013? We live in Crosslake and can’t seem to find out if chickens are allowed in Fairfield.

Thank you. I just ordered the Poultry Cell from Amazon. Tomorrow I will bring her in our garage until she shows her feathers are coming in.

Three of our chickens are in a molt. The temperature in our area of Minnesota has been pretty cold. A few days ago the temp went down to -27. My favorite chicken was the worst of the three molters. Well after two or three nights of the cold we lost her when we checked them in the morning...

06/26/15 7:15 pm

This winter (in Minnesota) we used a tarp for the roof and put heavy plastic on sides which equaled 3/4's of the run. We did put a couple of braces made of 2x6x12s to help with the snow load. We also took snow off of the tarp when it snowed a lot. When the sun shines in it warms it up...

04/11/2015. 3:45

What are the signs of being egg bound? I assumed that she isn't from her postures but she hasn't laid for a couple days. We brought her in again to stay until she has her feathers again and stronger.

We used Permethrin. Thanks for your reply.

Hi to all. I just became a member of Backyard Chickens. We have six chickens right now. Three are Rhode Island Reds, and three Sex links. Right now one of my Reds has been sick. We suspect she has mites as she is losing feathers around her neck mostly. I noticed she wasn't right about four...

Hi to all. I just became a member of Backyard Chickens. We have six chickens right now. Three are Rhode Island Reds, and three Sex links. Right now one of my Reds has been sick. We suspect she has mites as she is losing feathers around her neck mostly. I noticed she wasn't right about four...