Recent content by Czechski

Don't give Galgo a heart attack! I may have friends who will take my chicks on Monday. They were going to check officially their zoning law (off of Locus Lane in Harrisburg) but they have a nearby neighbor with chickens AND a rooster. It MUST be okay, right? But if they find out they can't...

Thanks Silkie, for your story about your landlord. Our Township and Landlord both made it clear: both the chickens and structure have to be gone. Mean! I'm not giving my coop away. I think my landlord does not want to be the bad guy, and went through the township like yours did.

NEED a home for my two sweet chickies about 10 weeks. I am renting the end of a Townhome in North Cornwall Township. ALL the neighbors loved my chickens. We are at the end of a rural township where there is a farm right on the other side of a row of Townhomes. It is strange how we got a...

I'm a new BYC gal in South Central PA. Does anyone have one 4-6 week pullet they can sell me? I had two but some evil person stole one! They other is by herself. Appreciate any help or leads. Tractor Supply told me that the Green Dragon in Ephrata might still have some. Just not sure what...

I started keeping my two reds (5.5 and 7 weeks old) out in their tiny coop at night last Saturday night at 41 degrees. I already adjusted them to no heat lamp, and would carry them outside to play in a makeshift chicken-wire pen. They love their coop and just learned to roost a few days ago...

Question about chickies in the dark: When their box was warm enough, and it was the early evening, I turned off their heat lamp, and it was pretty dark, but not pitch dark. They started yelling out in distress! Since they wouldn't stop crying out, I plugged the lamp back in and they stopped...

Thanks everyone, for helping us new-bies. Getting them used to not having a heat lamp indoors before putting them out permanently sounds like a good idea. Here in South Central PA, it's been pretty cold in early April, with a few days of sun and temps to 45-50s. I wrapped some chicken wire...