Recent content by garnetmoth

I am just on day 1 of raising hatchlings (we had parrots when I was a kid) but Ive read that its really important to make sure the poop gets off of them. Try warm water with a touch of natural soap, and gently dab/soak with a q-tip or cotton ball. You need to get their rear unstuck. Good...

Awesome pics, but HOW do you get them to stand still?! I just picked up ours today, theyre all drinking, eating, and chirping

thats so sweet! Hope she does well at being momma

We pickup our chicks wednesday! Ive got a "brooder"- galvanized washtub with a cage-wire lid I made, a porcelain-socket clip-lamp with a red landscaping bulb, and an air thermometer that confirms the lamp shining into the tub makes it 95F plus inside. waterer, feeder with the oval holes cut...

thats a nice mixed flock! Welcome aboard. Can you tell any differences in the breeds temperaments so far?

Welcome. We had chickens before, and also were under the impression that they stay fresher if you dont wash them. Brushing them off with a towel or a soft veg brush should be fine.

Thanks for the warm welcome! Hope all this weather is treating you OK. We have decided on Speckled Sussex and Barred Plymouth Rock. We will pick a hatch date this weekend, and soon

Hello, just getting back into chickens ourselves, but what about mulberry bushes? themodernhomestead.us/article/Growing-Poultry-Feeds-3.html has a nice little blurb

Hi all, I thought Id joined years ago, but Im not in the database, so I (re?) joined. We had barnyard cross chickens when we lived in TN, and they were sweet and 2 were really good layers. We are back in Ohio, have a really awesome coop built by my boss' husband, and had some dud...