Recent content by Greg M

Can you elaborate on the comment about check-out machine receipts often contain BPA? Are you talking about cash register receipts? And what is BPA? I ask because I used some shredded paper this past week in the coop. I know that some of the hens pick at it and eat it. I had one of the...

I have a dust bath in a tub with sand and ashes so far and they never poo in the dust bath. And when it is in use, there's typically 2 or 3 in it at the same time. They also have a spot outside the coop under my boat which has dust, sand, and asphalt particles in it; all 6 will bath together...

Thanks for the follow up Matt..........I don't have any other questions at this point. Interestingly, I now have a lot of baby mealworms gorging themselves and growing. I guess I just didn't give it enough time. However, it was in excess of like 2 months from when I started with the first...

Great simple idea on the feeder flag! I'm going to have to do that myself. Cheers!

Hey Mat, thanks for the 7 videos. After watching them about a couple of months ago, I ventured into the farming of my own mealworms. I have the same 3 box setup you show. I have been putting the pupas in the top bin and let them turn into beetles. Have had beetles now for quite a while, and...

Do chickens like suet? It looks like in the picture that they must. Is there any certain kind that they prefer? Probably with sunflower and some corn in it?

For cutting the suet, try heating up a knife and then cutting it...........or more like melting it through.

Thanks for the feedback and help. Appreciate you taking the time to help!

Hi, I am just getting into raising some backyard chickens and received the above fabricated coop from my wife for Christmas. I have already made contact with someone to get some Iowa Blue pullets that will be between 2-4 months old in the next month. I have looked at a lot of the coop...

I have a solar powered electric fence around the yews in the front of my house that deer nearly ruined several years ago. Since using it, they do not get near it.....seems to work very well.