Recent content by KatyushaB

Very beautiful yard, you've seen to kept chickens for a long time!

Very nice coop! I think @aart and @QueenMisha might be right.. I am NOT an expert on this subject at all, but I see his logic in this situation. I think making it temporary is wise. Did you build the coop yourself? It's very nice, (better then mine is gonna look!). As far as breeds go, I am...

Does that mean that they would eat really really small chickens too, like say you took a 3 ft tall Malay chicken and housed it with a Modern Game chicken will they eat it also?

I briefly lived on a farm with my cousin when I was thirteen. The dog there (A mix between a Jack Russel Terrier and another type of Terrier) had killed on the chickens (keep in mind this was a hunting dog, so technically she was doing her job.) My Uncle simply yelled at her (no hitting, and no...

When I was nine, I briefly lived with my cousin I would always go out and feed the chickens and collect the eggs. The rooster there was not happy with me, many times he had chased me around jumped up with his legs and tried to attack me. This scared me. One time I asked my dad to come with me to...

Thank you for telling me this. Your information will make my rode to getting chickens a lot easier. As of now, I am unsure about what I'm going to do. I might as well finish the coop I started. But as long as I don't have any chickens I'm not hurting anybody. I do think for my situation...

Sheesh. Can't believe somebody would claim to be able to fit 12 birds if they can't even fit 8 comfortably. Luckily for me I am starting with 6 and getting 8 later on. So I will build a second coop before I get my other two. Thanks for letting me know, holy cow!

6 by 4. I'm building my coop out of a book (with some adjustments of my own). The book says it can fit 12 chickens but it probably means: "Can fit 12 chickens with discomfort' I'm only getting eight so it should be good enough.

Started working on the coop the other day. Today I'm gonna try to build the walls. I don't know if it'd be ready by winter but I think making progress is still gonna be a good idea. EDIT: It looks smaller in the picture then it actually is.

That's really interesting! Thanks for the info. Chickens don't seem scary but sometimes they really can be!

Why do they eat the Quail?

I am thinking about getting Quail, and I read that you CANNOT keep Quail with Chickens because of a disease called 'Coryza' and 1 out of 6 Chickens Pass it one to Quail. I also read that it has to do with swelling of the face and such things and that it is very deadly. My question is, why...

Very beautiful breeds!

Very helpful yes! On this thread I have talked to a lot of very experienced breeders. I think you are one also. You've no doubt said that it is very possible to raise chicks in winter, but do you think that I, a beginner breeder with 0 experience raising chicks.. Should try it?

Hey! Can I see some more pictures of the Russian Orloffs?