Recent content by Leslv

It’s all good here! I got 4 new chicks 8 weeks ago. Two Barred Rocks and two Blue Australorps. They are just getting their taste of the big girls. That makes 14 in total for me.

That is correct for house swamp cooler. We tried it that way but the box fan didn’t have enough umph to push the air thru. This way it pulls the air from the pad &blows it into the run. Hope that makes sense.

We live in Las Vegas = very hot! :mad: We do all of the above. Mostly open air coop, lots of ventilation and double shade cloth. I put frozen water bottles in the nest boxes for them to lay against. We have large terra cotta plant saucers we fill with water that they stand in. I also will...

We haven’t had very much rain where I am. Vegas is weird, it can dump 2” across town and we won’t get any. I think in the last 2 weeks we have received about 1/2”. We’re way behind, usually about 4” a year and I think we’re only have a little less than 1” officially. parts of town have gotten a...

Thanks for the warm welcome! Here’s the girls.

Hi! I’ve been lurking around here for about a year and a half & have learned so much. I have 10 chickens in an urban setting. the first were 3 Buff Orpington, then 3 months later 3 Isa Browns and a Golden Comet. All are about 2 years old at this point. Just last Saturday I got 4 more! 😁 they are...