Recent content by Farmz246

Problem with me leaving food out all day long, is that in no time flat, I have fed all the pigeons in the area, and my chickens are still hungry.

These were a "let's get some food in her because she seems to be losing weight"

As a last ditch effort to get her to eat something, after her not really eating for about a week, I gave her some budgie seed. She has always been quite timid around the other girls as she is a bit of a runt compared to the other three. They quite often chase her. She tends to be a bit of a...

No treats. They all get feed in the morning, then roam around the yard eating grass, leaves, bugs. Then they get fed again in the evening before being shut up in the coops for the night. Not molting.

Tried that. she pecked a bit at it, but nothing significant.

Hi there, I have 4 Red Stars that are about 32 weeks old. All four were eating well laying fine. However last week, one of the four refuses to touch the feed we are using, the same brand of feed we have always used. The other three eat it quite happily. The three have continued laying everyday...

So 60 views and no one has any ideas?

My wife brought home these 3 chicks that were roaming around at her school, and I am having a hard time identifying them, other than they are probably a bantam. I purchased a fourth from a hatchery that just calls them "brown layers" but I think possibly a Red Star. Hope someone on here can...

Thanks for the answer. My reason for asking is, as I've already spent the money and time building the existing coop, maybe I'll leave the two coops in the fenced in area (approx 4000sqft. Let them integrate and use both coops. The older girls will use the older coop, and the new ones use the new...

So if I build another coop for the new chickens, are the two current chickens likely to continue using the current coop to sleep and lay, or are they likely to try and move in with the new chickens once they establish a pecking order?

Sounds similar to mine, except mine maybe small. the section on the left of the pic that is open has now been covered, so it's shaded. During the day, the doors on the front are open and they come and go as they please. They have water in the shaded bottom area. They get up around 6am, I open...

During summer it gets around 88F. Now we have highs of about 82F and lows at night around 70F. Usually have nice breezes of around 15mph and humidity of around 70%.

thanks for all the comments. Guess I'll be building another coop in the future. Is there a site or link you recommend that has plans for coops?

Living in Barbados, Caribbean.

I did actually use a marine ply roof covered with aluminum roofing and painted in green. I've checked it (not with a thermometer although that's not a bad idea) around 1 in the afternoon, and it doesn't feel too hot to me, but like I said, the girls don't use it during the day. I do take your...