Recent content by mountaintopchicken

The ones from Tractor Supply are awful and too expensive for what they are and will fall apart. Ware Manufacturing right? Not good. I don't know where in S. Vt you are, but call up Erskine's in Chester and ask them for the contact info for a guy named Bill who makes and sells coops and...

Walmart online hard red wheat from Augason Farms grows well for me. I'd like it to be cheaper but the Blue Seal I got from the feed store grew mold, but not the hard red wheat from Augason. Weirdly, the hard white wheat from Augason did, so I only use the red now.

Thank you, I'll try the district person next. I will have to join the club too. If the classifieds online are you are talking about is the same as the one I found, there wasn't much on it (as I recall, I last looked I think a couple weeks ago), but I'll look again. I really do want good quality...

Hi, I tried posting this question under the breeders section but I didn't get any replies, so I thought I would try here where the oeg people are already hanging out :). Who are the really good breeders who are contactable to get stock from? I am especially interested in crele. I went to the...

Who are the really good breeders who are contactable to get stock from? I am especially interested in crele. I went to the OEG club website hoping to find a breeders directory like the Ameraucana club has, but couldn't find any. I would love some leads.

I've gotten that treatment before. But when I go to the local lumber yard, used mostly by contractors and carpenters, I've only been treated that way once in years. I have never ever seen any other woman buying lumber there. Once, in all the years I've been there, I saw a woman buying something...

You know, I've seen a lot of pictures of pallet coops, and a lot of them look like they won't be sturdy, or won't be easy to work with for cleaning and maintenance, or frankly look a mess. From what I've seen, attractive pallet coop are really rare. What you've done, though... wow! It's...

Good to know. I definitely won't bother anyone that looks busy or cranky .

Thank you! I'll get there by then... that helps a lot.

I've been to a couple (not showing) but mostly came in the middle of the day, and there weren't too many people around, and I didn't get to meet anyone whose birds I was looking at. I mean people were there, but only really near the display tables and not too many by the cages, except for the...

Yes, I know. I've read about how to do the test matings. That's a source of major frustration for me, I can't seem to get started with a flock of birds that don't have side sprigs. The Davis birds I started with had them (one of the roosters that I hatched out was sprigged, obviously other birds...

Can I ask a WWYD question? I've got some really really old Bev Davis hens, like 5 yrs old, that have thrown side sprigs. They are with a younger Bev Davis line (but not directly from her) rooster who I think is pretty great. Meanwhile I've got some of this year's hatch from another breeder...

Thank you all! I'm all set to make my first pvc feeder then .

I bought 4" pipe at the hardware store, but it's sewer pipe, not water pipe. I know PVC water pipe is made not to leach chemical nasties, so it would be safe for a chicken feeder, but what about sewer pipe? Since it's only formulated to carry waste, is it made not to leach any chemical nasties...