Recent content by mhazelwd

This is a great thread! I will definately be using DE. I have never tried using AMDRO that way but it sounds like a great idea. I wonder if Basic H works on wasps as well. When we first got them we had yellow jackets drinking the chicks water. That freaked my wife out, but one of the chicks...

without a picture that is pretty hard to figure out. I thought you were talking about a musical instument from the thread title. I hope she will be alright. Maybe it was just something wierd she ate.

Congrats for sure. Those are odd looking birds and I wouldn't mind added one to my coop. Quote:

yuk, I think if they have parasites that is a good reason not to feed them to you chickens. but the best reason is that they are disgusting. post#8

thanks folks! post#7

maybe with a little salt and pepper LOL sorry, working on getting 10 posts

My chicks are about 6 weeks now. I was supposed to have 3 hens and a rooster. Two have wide combs, one has a smaller comb and the last has almost no comb at all. Three of them have tail feathers and one (with a wide comb) has almost nothing for tail feathers. I guess I need to wait longer.

very good post and so true. I was nodding my head on nearly everything in the list and I just started six weeks ago. edited to add: my first coop will NOT be big enough!

I have three hens and a rooster. My thoughts on naming them was after Charlie's Angels, then the Dixie Chicks. A few others came to mind as well but we ended up calling them Uther Morgaine Igraine Gwenyfar I know, wierd huh. I think Charlie's Angels was a good idea but the names were too normal.

I see there are a number of folks from Leander here. I know some of my neighbors here in Leander have chickens because I hear the roosters in the morning. That is part of the reason I decided to start doing it. I'm learning as I go with four 6 week old australorp chicks. I didn't know what...

Hi My name is Mark and I am new to chickens (except for food ) but I am happy that I decided to try raising them. I have 4 australorps. 3 hens and a rooster. They are about 6 six weeks old now. I should have joined his forum before I started because from looking around there is a lot in here...