Recent content by RMBGKY

I have lost 20 chickens in the last couple of months. There had been no signs until today. I found a dead chicken in the paddock and his only injury was the skin was broken about middle way in his back. No large number of feathers were missing. There was not much sign of a struggle, not like I...

I am thinking about moving my automatic door from the coop to the run. This would give me the same protection but allow me to control when the chickens leave the run as opposed to leaving the coop. I currently have a hen with chicks and they stay in a covered place in the run rather than the...

No incubator or broody hen. I will have to chalk this one up. Too bad the peeps are the ones that paid.

I had a chicken setting on a clutch of eggs in the coop and according to general consensus I built a separate pen and moved her. Everything went great and the chicks are now 3 weeks old. My guinea was setting on a clutch of eggs inside the chicken coop so I let the chicken and chicks out of the...

You have Tim and Susie's small animal swap meet every 3rd Saturday in Allen Co. http://www.timandsusiehenhouse.com/

Thanks I moved her tonight. It was much easier than I expected.

Thanks PeepsCA. I will let you know.

How do you know a male from a female?

When I first got Guineas my main purpose was tick control. But, you have to free range them to really get any benefit. Free ranging usually means losing many to predators. I free range my chickens in a controlled and strongly fenced area. The guineas are housed in the same area which means they...

I know the answers are somewhere on this site, but I couldn't find them. 1) I am think about just letting nature take its course and do nothing. 2) Her next box is elevated so if I leave her there will the chicks be able to get out and in the nesting boxes. There is a gang-plank from the...

I hope you are locating that shed in the shade. It will be like an oven in the Alabama summer sun. Not meaning to discourage you, just be sure to cut lots of ventilation holes near the top. Great buy.

Mine will eat lettuce only as a last resort and will not touch celery. They love kale and turnip greens.

I saw one person cut a 2 liter bottle in half, fill the bottom with eggs then slide the top down until the eggs were held tight and then taped the two pieces together. Different, but it might work.

Anywhere within 50 miles of Nashville TN. God's country.

I had 1of my 2 Black Australorp roosters start trying to intimidate me. I kicked him back but he stood his ground. I kick him until he backed down and walk off. He has not bothered me since.