Recent content by Sioranth

Yesterday was hatch day and I have six eggs that are incubating. As of this morning, four of the eggs have hatched. One of them has had a pip since yesterday morning. It's a good-sized pip and I can see the chick moving through the pip. I have not attempted to do anything with it because I know...

I didn't even realize they had fowl on Petfinder! Thanks!

I have a one-month-old gosling who I believe is an Embden currently living with 7 two-month-old chickens (6 hens, 1 roo). The roo tends to chase the gosling around when too close to the hens but doesn't try to hurt him and doesn't run him down or anything. The gosling is, ahem, a big chicken and...

I recently got a one-month-old gander. He's been living with my two-month-old pullets and one little roo. They get along fine but I think he is lonely and would really like another goose for a friend, but I really don't want to have a gander. I already have 3 roosters and a gander! lol Does...

Chicks had their first day outside a few days ago when it was 80 degrees. I wish they had eaten the three ticks I got while out there!

I need to get my tail in gear and start working on the coop and run for my chicks. I'm going to repurpose our old outdoor playset after seeing some great ideas for this in the coop section of the site. I'm hoping to get started on it this week but we'll see if the weather cooperates. My yard is...

All the pics I'll be taking of our first journey into owning backyard chickens!

I got my new babies yesterday! So excited!

Thank you, Blooie! My husband actually rigged up the lamp like that (what can you do? lol) and I've since moved it because it wasn't warming the brooder enough anyway. I agree with you that those lamps can be very dangerous! I used to use cheaper lamps for my reptiles, like the Zoomed ones, and...

Hey everyone! So, I'm embarking wholeheartedly on this chicken adventure. Today, I picked up 1 Lavender Orpington, 3 Ameraucana, and 3 Australorps. I am using my old reptile cage and red lamp (current temp is about 88.5 so I need to readjust the lamp height/angle). The floor of the cage under...