Recent content by PinkchickenWhisperer

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have been raising chickens since 1996. We had 5 acres then and I had 17 chickens and 1 rooster (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We moved into our small town onto 1/3 acre and I now have 5 hens (3) What breeds do you...

GSE makes good sense. Do you have a dosage? or a resource I can look it up for myself? Thanks for the information

I raised 5 new chicks this spring and for the past 2 months they have been right through the fence from the 4 established hens. I removed the dividing fencing to integrate them in and have discovered that the new hens won't go into the coop at night. The must be going in during the day to eat...

I have 2 Aracaunas, 2 red sex-link, 1 black sex-link and 1 red something/or/other. They have been laying for over a year. Now I get one of the Aracaunas laying one of those tiny little eggs everyone has been talking about. They have NO yolk and I get about one or two a week from her for the...

Just checked out Keltara and their swimming Buffs. How super cool is that!!! I feel so bad about your Lilly too. I lost 17 hens this last winter when they were out free-ranging and two unwanted dogs came through and decimated my little flock. I really don't appreciate people who think that...

I started with 11 hens then one turned out to be a rooster. They all had names. Lucy and Ethel used to weed with me in the spring. They knew where to find the best goodies! But a couple of stray dogs came through our area and wiped me out. All that I have left of the original flock is Boris...

I enjoyed reading everyone's experience in introducing new hens to the flock. My neighbor is moving out of state and has asked me to take her nine Red Sexlink hens. If I read up on them correctly they come from a cross with a Rhode Island Red rooster and Delaware hen and should be good layers...

With your bananas, you may want to peel them for the chickens but did you give the peels to them too? When the grandkids eat bananas they love to give the peels to the chickens and the chickens really enjoy them. javascript:insert_text('',%20'');

I bought one of the commercial, metal waterers that hold 5 gallons and have the top that slides down over the top of the container. I sit it on a cement block so it's up out of the deep litter. Yesterday I noticed that the water just kept running and was flooding out onto the floor. I really...

I guess I'm supposed to introduce myself. As I have found out since reading in this forum several times in the last 18 months, chickens are addicting! javascript:insert_text('',%20'');And fun! And a great way to meet people. I have several friends that raise chickens and they refer to them as...