Recent content by lindseyawest

Thanks! How do you connect a timer with your spigot/hose? I have a mister (homemade, so I'd probably get something like what you linked), but I've always had to manually turn on and off, but this summer I won't be home during the day.

Thanks for the awesome feedback! The Buff Orp is actually higher on my list to get than a Wyandotte, but we have extreme summer heat (weeks of 105-115+) and I'm worried it would be unkind to bring a BO into this heat. Wyandottes seem a little more tolerant of heat (I could be absolutely wrong...

Hi, I have a flock of four girls and I'm expanding by two chicks this season. Right now, my bossy girl is my black australorp. Even when there's plenty of room around the feeders, she will peck at one or both of my two girls who are at the bottom of the pecking order. I'm thinking about getting...

Hi! I'm in Northern California, not far outside of Sacramento. Question for you all. It gets super hot here in the summer - like weeks of 105-115. Am I crazy or cruel if I get a Buff Orpington rather than breed that tolerates heat better? Anyone else in the area have healthy and happy Buff Orps...

I'll have to double check, but I'm pretty sure there's no adjusting my current feeder. Going off the couple images I've seen of the bucket option you're describing, don't you end up getting like an inch or so of feed on the bottom that never gets eaten because it's below the entrance of the tubes?

I have a typical feeder for my small flock. My girls will only eat crumble (much to my chagrin after a few attempts to switch to pellets) and it seems like dust just keeps building up to where the food gets stuck and won't empty into the tray. Even if I've just cleaned the feeder, it seems like...

Ok, gotcha. They've had live before but we treated successfully and now their run is covered so no new birds should be getting in. They have lots of dirt to dust bathe in - I saw them all having a good bath yesterday. The birds are about 3.5-5.5 months old on range. Their feet have seemed a...

It's definitely flakes. But are you saying it's an indication of lice?

My pullets and cockerel are doing lots of scratching with their beaks and they all have a ton of what I can best describe as dandruff. Is this because more adult feathers are coming in? Molting? Mites? Normal?

The control box and motor are on the outside and the door is on the inside so would the lever go on the inside or outside of the coop?

So frustrated. I've waited for a month and a half to get and finally install my chicken guard automatic opener. I designed my guillotine door to be on the inside specifically so a predator couldn't open the door and it looks cleaner/nicer to me. But, with all the pulleys to make it work, I think...

Yay!

Tail feathers It looks like single row of comb to me.

saddle feathers

Here's the darker one's comb. I'll try for a better tail shot today, but I'm keeping them in the cage as I introduce them to my other three chickens, so it will still have the cage in it.