Recent content by lolita117

I’ve never had any issues with my flock until now. Long story short, I thought I was taking back some chickens I had gave my brother (having completely forgot that back several months ago he had asked me what it meant when a chicken is coughing and sneezing). Well come to find out these two...

Seven weeks is about the earliest and you want flock introductions to be slow. Usually having them pens in the coop where they’re separated from the adults but the adults can still see them. I move my chicks to my coop at about 4 weeks, however, I have a room separated by wire that I keep them...

DE doesn't work. I always suspected it didn't but when I almost bought the Wazine and decided to put it back because the label saying do not use in laying hens for eggs consumption ever. I went back and got the DE. I've used it off and on and thought I would give it a good try even though there...

I hope someone can help me. I commented on a different thread about strange poo and nobody ever responded. :( Some of my chickens have been having strange poos. Weird orange brown color. Some tarry looking stools. Not cecal poos. I've had chickens for 5 years and never had this issue before. I...

Yes dogs can learn that chickens are off limits. I have 7 shepherds. All 7 are good with supervision for the chickens. I also have sheep. Two of the dogs are near impossible to control around the sheep but still manageable. My chickens and sheep free range during the day, so I let the 5 out...

I'm having strange poop issues with my chickens. Never had issues before. Everything I've looked up seems like it's cecal poop but it seems to be too frequent to be cecal poop. I've had chickens for 5 years now and I've never had consistently dark tarry or puddling orange poos like I've been...

I'm wanting to set up a page like these https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/large-chicken-coop-designs-pictures-of-chicken-coops Here on the backyard chickens website.

Www.floorplanner.com you have one project for free with as many floors as you want. I actually created a house plan on this site last year and made my chicken coop as a new floor on my house. Lol. It's free forever, but you can only have one project saved to their site. But I'm wondering how...

Can anybody tell me how to make a page? I'm thinking about making a page of this coop, and putting actual pictures up of the process as it gets built. I put a lot of thought into this new coop and I'm sure others would benefit from it, with a permanent page made of it. Thanks in advance!

So after 3 years with my first chicken coop (which wasn’t what I had in mind, I might add), I’m finally in the process of building a new coop from scratch and it’s going to be everything I dreamed of and then some, not to mention after 3 years of having chickens I think I’ve managed to work out...

I have so many pictures and the size is too large, so I'd have to resize each one, but if you have a facebook and want to each out my album here is the link!! Enjoy!!! *** Newest pictures are at the bottom of the page***...

Not sure what drop shipping is. My box just says USPS Priority. I got a tracking number and everything.

So I received my order from Meyer Hatchery today and out of 38 chicks, only one is holding on for dear life. My box was silent when I received it. I’m so crushed. I order from Meyer last year and lost ½ my order within 2 days, but my replacement order was successful. So I decided to give them...

No heat, no insulation. My walls actually have cracks in between every board. Here is a pic Last winter was mild, but I bought a tarp to cover the North and West wall. If ever we anticipate super cool/windy weather I'm prepared to put that up to block the wind. The way my coop is built...

I changed them all at once. My previous nest boxes were built on the spot and to the wall. And though my new ones where built off location, they were built in a way to be permanently secured to the wall. Old nest boxes: New ones: I'm afraid if I put up some regular ones (like 2-3 on a...