Recent content by naturababe

oh wow. so do you know if they can complain and take it to any kind of council or something like that in your area? i guess my husband is worried that they will make a huge stink.

Quote: how close are your neighbors? we have four acres but the lots are kind of skinny so our neighbors are closer then we would like.

really?? it's dark here at 5:30 am, well, it's before sunrise, not sure how much darker i could make it. hmm. worth a try though. thanks!

Two of our neighbors have complained about our rooster. one is way down the street and lets his dog roam loose so I don't really care about what he thinks but the other is our next door neighbor. honestly, we never see them and have no "neighborly" relationship but what is the moral thing to...

Thanks so much.

i think one of my girls might have some frost bite but i have no idea what it really looks like. her comb isn't as red as the other two are (but it could have been like this all along and i just didn't notice). she seems fine and happy so i am just leaving her alone, is that ok?

so i ordered the chicks and then i had a conversation with my husband about building a new coop because we will need someplace for the chicks to live until they are big enough to go live with the hens we have. he said "well it takes two months for them to be big enough to even go outside so...

could you grade the run so that it will drain and dig a drainage ditch? then maybe do gravel with sand over it?

I agree that you might find yourself in need of a run suddenly. Our chickens free ranged all summer and fall and then christmas morning a fox got my daughter's favorite chicken. I can tell you I was incredibly thankful to already have a run built.

Two of my hens have normal bright red combs. The third's comb looks like it got a little dusty. Is that frost bite? Last night and this morning are the coldest it's been here. They were outside fluffed up after I let them out this morning but I stuck them back in because the wind chill is...

Quote: Hmm. Good point. We had a day or two of near 40 or 50 degrees. A heat lamp definitely doesn't get the coop that warm!

what do frozen combs look like? mine were happy to come out of the coop this morning although supposedly it is -7. it definitely feels colder this morning then it did last night.

someone mentioned that you can still eat the frozen eggs, even if they are cracked a bit. i know what time of day my hens tend to lay, of course i only have three, but i just grab them as soon as i can.

i know, i've read that thread a million times but there is a difference between 0 with 20 chickens and -24 with 3 chickens. isn't there?

i was going to ask if you cover your sand box when it snows and then i noticed you are in kentucky. i wonder if i would need to cover it or if the sand would freeze up like the ground even if i covered it.