Recent content by MissD1970

Ok, so after 4 nights of my husband crawling in the tiny run and shooing them up the ladder, they went in themselves! He went out to put them in and came running back in telling me they were all cuddled up in a nesting box in the coop! Yay!! only thing was, you need to remove the roof of the...

My coop is about the same size, and I have 4 barred rock chicks (looks about the same as yours in the picture) and I close them in the coop at night. I opened the little window, and thats all they have. I am TERRIFIED of something getting my girls. I feel like my coop is too small, although it...

Hi! I did not sleep very well as many of you guessed. lol. needless to say, they were fine when I went to open their door and let them out as soon as I woke up. I said "hi girls!!" and they started peeping and gathering together on the side of the coop I was on. The temp was high 40s, low 50s...

New chicken mama here, and my babies are outside for the first time tonight! Im a nervous wreck! Hopefully I will make it through the night. And my Husband, Mr "these are your chickens" has been out there several times to check on "his girls" LOL well, just needed to vent. Night all

Should you only feed them plain yogurt?

Thanks so much! I will try that right away. I havent seen her peck the other chicks, (yet) she pecks at them if they are annoying her, but they all do that. yesterday, when I gave them a couple raspberries, she tried to get it away from one of the others. They pecked back at her and she took...

Hi all... First I wanted to say how much I am learning from reading all the posts! And Im getting quite a few laughs as well Heres my question: I have 4 Barred Rock chicks. Im guessing they are about 5 weeks old. (some remaining fuzz on their heads, but the rest is feathered). There is one who...

Thanks!!!!

Thanks so much! At least now I have an idea, and looking up what is bad to feed them is a great idea, so thanks . Im not sure how old they are, I had an annoying employee at the feed store who couldnt offer me anything but the box to bring them home in. When I asked how old they are, her reply...

Im wondering what kind of scraps people feed chicks and chickens. Im new at this, my chicks arent even in their coop yet. Id like to give them a treat and table scraps, just afraid to try it without some examples. Thanks

Hello...very new..4 barred rock chicks, excited to see how chicken farming is....