THUMBS UP TO WHELP!! I got my mixed brown egg layers. THEY ARE bubbly and happy healthy chicks. No DOA's!
they are really big compaired to the brooder of my hatched chicks. There is a big diffrence size wise.
~amanda~
Hello to all the minnesotians!! I am actually from South Range which is outside Superior (near duluth)
I am attempting on converting a little gardening shed into a chicken coop. I was wondering about insulating and low and behold there is a post on it
my plans are..
right now there is just...
HI davemn I will probally just have barred rocks if the 4H kids do not buy all of them by that date. They should be allmost be a week and a half old by then.
hmm...next time you take her to the vet you might want to get her hearing checked out, she might be hearing things that make her howl...no kidding..I had a Black and Tan coonhound that bayed all the time because he had a ringing in his one ear! Sounds crazy
On the other hand...my now 5 month...
does anyone know addresses and start times of the places that are having sales?
If so please post the date, place(address maybe) and the contact person for more info! THanks If anyone is going to the Carlton feed mill swap I should have some chicks for sale there <maybe>
for more info on Rhino's sales go to rhino arena's website. rhinoarena.com. You can get on Rohans ( I think that is his name) email list. He sends out a monthly newsletter. as for any of the other postings. I WOULD love to know names and/or email addresses or address of the places where the...
I have them locked up I just need to add the heater. I have one, its a space heater. I am thinking of putting it up in the corner of the room. Also, adding a fan to blow the hot air around. Any ideas on how to control humitity?!?
That is frostbite. I see it all the time up here <sigh>
The weather around my area is pretty brutal. All most all the roosters get this. It is VERY hard to keep them that warm around here.
My question is..has anyone made hats or anything that stays in place to cover their roosters combs to...
Does anyone have any pointers for frostbite? I live in a climate that can get to -30/40 with the windchill for several weeks. Its below freezing for at least 3 months out of the year. Heat lamps seem to help in an insulated coop...but does not cure the problem. Has anyone made hats or...
I sell mine for $4.00 a dozen. I do live by a very "organic" city. Some people do ask me if they are fertilized...they do not want to kill an unborn baby. SOOO I removed the roosters just to make everyone happy. Then moved them back in for the winter. The hen flock is getting older, they did not...
one of my 4H families got a mixed barnyard assortment of chicks from MM. They got 28 for their 25 chicks. Two died right away. They are 5 weeks old now. The ratio of Roos to hens seems to be almost half. We count 11 roosters. The breeds on the other hand.....were having a hard time triyng to...