Recent content by rhythmicgoldfish

you could try painting the inside of the coop with a washable paint that will give you a surface to clean

i would love this info too i want to modify the catawaba design for a cold climate i live in NH

i use newspaper covered with paper towels, i just pop all the chicks in a cardboard box for a minuet while i roll up the paper towels and toss them the deep litter method is used for extra warmth due to the decomposing poo and i would not think that it is appropriate for chicks trekster78

you could even extend the run a bit under the bench and slide

i have silkies to do my brooding but if your looking for heritage breeds rey out http://yellowhousefarmnh.com/

thanks for the input i am also looking to preditor proof and winter proof the run

my guess is surface area, it looks as though you have a sponge that sits in the pan of water, when the tub is full only a little bit of the sponge is touching the air because most of it is submerged but when the water is low the sopping wet sponge provides at least an extra foot of wet surface...

i need to build a truly predator proof winter capable coop it will be in a heavily wooded area and we have fisher cats nearby

i have seen that people use yogurt and fruit to treat there chicks, could i use left over baby food? formula? milk? rice cereal? oatmeal with milk?

i brought home three more than the one i planned to buy and on the drive home NPR told me that Miley Cyrus kept a chicken from the set of hannah montanna and kept it as a pet

i plan on hand raising the conures once they hatch

i read that silkies were breed in china to hatch quail eggs ... do you think they could hatch parrot eggs? what is the smallest egg a silkie will hatch... what is the largest

oh how cute is that

Quote: how many do you think i need to buy before i can safely assume i have a pullet my feed store guy will take and sell any roo's i get

how old is your silkie pullet? shay20? is anyone else bringing silkies? perhaps sexed chicks?