Recent content by Fourchicks

Thanks for your replies! Are these breeds workable as "yard"pets? How much interaction should we have with them? How long keep them on chick starter and what to move on to next? What are good treats and what are def no no's for duck foods? Should they have a blanket or something to cuddle with...

Hi all We've had chickens for years but my son has always wanted a duck. This year we lost a few chickens and only had 3 and his classroom hatched duck eggs! So yesterday, last day of school, he took 2 home. We know very limited info about ducks...I have tried reading a few sites and have a book...

I have 3 hens, all 3 years old. For over a year we have let them free range on our property throughout the day and they coop themselves up at sun fall. They do have a run attached to their coop that we used to keep them in 24/7 until April 2014... Since they have been free range they have...

Hello Please feel free to point me in the right direction if this has been covered before-I searched briefly and found some answers but not all... We had 4 chickens (they will be three years old in May) but one recently passed away. There are 3 bonded hens left, been together since 1 day...

No, never did. I checked coop for mites etc and saw nothing. The next night the birds returned to coop as usual. I have been shutting coop door last few nights (not just run door as we had been doing) in case a predator had been trying to get in. Fingers crossed!

I will go check for mites- the thought it grossing me out tho. My son's hamster had mites last month and that was terrible enough... Will update as I will need help dealing with that if it is the case thanks R

I have 4 hens all slightly less than 2.5 years old. They have had the same coop and run their whole lives. They free range on our property during the day and return to their coop on their own at dusk. We shut the door to their run during the last trip outside to take the dogs out. Tonight I...

So, our four chicks are not so much...chicks anymore. And yet, the coop is still not done...and the run isn't even started. The poor girls are basically free ranging in our bathroom....so maybe I should actually be saying pooooooor bathroom! We need to get them outside ASAP and considering...

It is coming VERY slowly! Which is a huge bummer considering the "chicks" are now able to get in and out of the bathtub and they are pooping EVERYWHERE!!! The run has not been started yet- so we have not really made a decision about the bottom. I did speak with another member who did add a...

How gorgeous! I love this coop & run! We have 4 chicks that are almost 3 weeks old, still up in our bathtub brooder while the coop & run are under construction :) I hope it comes out as gorgeous as yours, altho I think you will have us beat ;) How did your husband automate the chicken door? Did...

Thank you to everyone for the welcome and advice. Okay, so we will skip the hardware cloth in the bottom of the run....but today I had a person who keeps a few chickens over and she had another idea. She herself isn't too concerned about predators digging from under and in, but because I am...

Hi everyone. We have 4 baby chicks brooding in our upstairs bathroom right now... Our first foray into chicken keeping. As I told my husband, I would have less anxiety if someone left a baby on my deck...I am freaking out about the chickens! I know so little, I am freaking out about keeping...