Recent content by maenfayne

Our family is moving soon and we'll need to transport the ladies. What's the best way? I was thinking about getting a large dog carrier and putting them in that for the trip. It's about 30 minutes and we have 5 girls about 6 months old. Thoughts?

Great news! We're lot allowed to have roosters where we live. Thank you for the info.

Our first egg!

This is my 18 week olive egger. This one makes much more sound than the others and I'm wondering if it's actually a roo starting to crow. My other gals are different breeds and very obviously hens. Thoughts?

In the short time between posting this and going out to check on her again she has gone. Thank you for your support.

My girl is roughly 7 weeks with a pretty severe cross beak. All the other gals her age are twice her size. Today I went to refill the feeders and do my daily check in and snuggles and found her half burried in the bedding and unable to stir her. She is breathing but won't move otherwise. I can't...

We bought. 6' x 8' x 8' shed with sliding doors. The floor has been framed in with metal covering the wood joists and plywood as a floor. We have since added peel n stick vinyl to protect the floor from moisture. We also added insulation to the roof to prevent condensation from building up and...

At what age can you start supplimenting with fodder? I figured I'd start the sprouting within the next couple of days as my girls will be 4 weeks by the time it's ready. Of course this would be a small amount with the majority of their feed being chick feed and I'd add some grit too. We are...

We were told it was a tool shed and no animals were sheltered in it before. Since bringing it to our property it's just been sitting out back. Our chicks are in our mudroom since coming home from the farm store and will stay there for at least the next 3 weeks. The shed is aluminum with...

This was extremely detailed! Thank you for your time, pictures, and encouragement .

Is your run covered? We're hoping to partially cover ours, leaving some uncovered with just netting to keep out predators.

Vinegar is great, I planned on using that when the girls were moved in as I don't want to mix bleach with their droppings or have it around them. For some reason I hadn't even considered using vinegar as my initial cleaning. Thanks for the idea!

As my chicks are happily in their brooder, it's time to get this shed converted ASAP. We bought it secondhand so I certainly want to clean it out well. I've read several things about people using bleach to deep clean the coop, but they've never said what concentration they use. Certainly it's...

I'm not familiar with all the dealing of DL. We live in the forest in Oregon and get a ton of rain. To me that seems like the makings of some brutal wet soggy litter. I'm a complete newbie and thought you need to try to keep the run dry as not to harbor disease.

We've cleared space and put in the shed that will be converted to a coop. (New doors, ventilation, roosts, nesting boxes) The main doorway will open into a fenced yard - 8' x 10.' Right now the ground is soft, covered mostly in fallen pine needles. I want to cover it so the ladies can forge a...