Recent content by jillybeansisme

You learn as you go. Pretty much I just focus on my girls and their living quarters and health. All of my girls are pet quality. I don't hatch eggs or have roosters. It's a matter of choice. You don't need a roo to get eggs. Although I got sexed Polish, I suspect one might be a roo and, if...

Hello! Beware of chicken math!

My 1st batch of chicks was a straight run, brooded in the house, and 4 out of 6 turned out to be roosters that had to be rehomed. Brooding in the house was absolutely disgusting. Second batch was brooded in the garage and at 2 weeks they transitioned from a box to a cage. After a week, the...

You need to do more than just remove the poop. Completely empty the brooder (put the chicks in a box temporarily), wash it with soap and water, do a vinegar spritz, let it sit on there for a few minutes, rinse in really hot water, dry, and add new bedding (just cover the bottom, don't put it in...

If she has wry neck, then she needs selenium. This is what I learned reading other posts on other sites. I have no personal experience with it.

The proper dose is 2 teaspoons/gallon. I just went through all this with my gold-laced Polish baby. I mixed up 1/2 gallon at a time (clean 1/2 gal milk jug) and gave it to all my babies in the brooder. Clean the brooder regularly. I just took them off the Corid water and the directions state...

You aren't going to be able to tell the sex of Silkies for months yet, unless you DNA test them. I swore my Daisy was a rooster because she was crowing, but then she started laying eggs.

Sadly, I suspect my Golden Polish came to me with coccidiosis. I'm treating all 5 of my new babies for it just in case.

Just remember that you cannot give them avacado, nightshade plant greens (think tomato leaves, eggplant leaves, potato greens). Welcome!

Well, welcome! You can't be that much of a novice if you've had 17 chickens over the years. Give yourself some credit, Chicken Dad!

Welcome! That's cute that your girls have a playmate! It's okay that you're introverted. Posting here is easier than talking in person!

Congratuations on your marriage! I don't incubate eggs, but I thought you weren't supposed to wash them if you were going to try to hatch them. Better check into that before you spend the time trying to incubate them.

Hello! I live in Idaho and am happily retired. My flock consists of Daisy (splash Silkie), Dolly (black Silkie), Marshmallow (white Silkie), Muffin (black Silkie), Tango (Mottled Cochin bantam), and Tulip (Steele Egger). These girls are 2-3 years old. Then there are the babies in the...

Hello! What kind of chickens are you thinking of getting? I don't know what season you're in, but if you have a garage or shed with your brooder in it, I'd think it would be fine. I'm kind of new here too, but like reading the posts. Welcome!

Well, I have 5 new and sort of new babies. Supposedly, the golden-laced and white crested black Polish are the same age. I don't believe it for a minute unless the black one is a bantam. They're approximately March 15th hatches. Then today I got a blue Silkie, a buff Silkie, and a bantam...