Recent content by Rebecca1

With the price of feed in my area going so high I was wondering if anyone new of a feed producer that sells in bulk...Central IL area.

I have never tried hatching eggs before and so for the last 4 days I just havn't collected my girls eggs thinking one would decided to come sit on them and make some chicks however nothing has happened and I was wondering is this common, should I wait longer, are my girls just not interested in...

I just picked up a few chickens that are in pretty bad shape they smell, are covered in poo and have feet issues which I am thinking may be lack of proper diet. what is a safe product to bath them with should they be vacinated with somthing before they go in with the other chickens or just...

I have a tom that has one and from what I have read I need to use a steal syringe and drain it. How the heck to I immobilize this giant bird long enough to drain a blister?

I really hate loosing him he wasn't even fully feathered yet:(

so one of the turkeys passed away yesterday he was fine in the morning by the afternoon he couldn't stand and he was breathing heavy. Everytime he tried to get up he couldn't support his weight.

I am getting a bit impatient. When will my girls start laying we got them in March so they would be around 3 months old now.

I made somthing like that the other day only using a Food grade 5 gallion bucket like this http://beprepared.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_MS%20C101_A_name_E_5-Gallon%20Bucket%20with%20Lid mine was fee of course from the doughnut shop in town and a $3.00 hog pan...

I live in Central Illinois so I don't think I will have any issues with not enough light. Our winters are moderate with a few bad times but those are short lived and we tend to have a good amount of son regardless of the season. I think once the roof is reshingled I will try it out.

Will Lights being on almost 24 hours a day cause any issues with chickens & do you have to have a certian amount of light? I live in Illinois so we don't have light issues like Alaska would.

I don't have power out in the back pasture where my chickens are and heard that they need extra light in the winter to help with egg production. If I installed solar lights that would come on at dusk work and if so would having lights on all night to most of the night be too much light and...

As time and $ allows the pvc will be replaced with a treated wood frame I also will improve on the sheds foundation. I will also be making more nesting boxes, putting in a better water sourse and improve on the perch but at least they have a home. and the new residents and...

The feathers on their heads are really coming in but in general they are still looking pretty scruffy. We don't have power in the shed which is about medium in standard shed sizes. Would it be better at this point to move them out during the day and back to the garage with the heat lamp at...

this is our first time having chickens so its a learning experiance and I am wondering when its safe to move them outside. Right now the chicks are 4+ weeks old and their run and coup should be done (fingers crossed and prayers for good weather) by next week and right now the weather has been...

I would love to get involved when my babies grow up and if they produce enough eggs. I am just starting off with 8 hens and 1 Rooster. and I have no idea how many eggs they will lay. Hens: 6 Buff Orrington’s Daisy Dandelion Witch Hazel Marigold Tidy-Tips Primrose 1 Plymouth Rock King (son...