Recent content by Sore Thumb Suburbanite

That looks like it will stand the test of time. Try sand or newspaper to keep the poop from sticking to or rusting your drawers.

I think if I had it to do over, I would make a poop ramp under the floor at a 55+degree angle and have the ramp end in a trough which hinged on one end into a bucket. Anything which stuck could easily be scraped down into the trough with a shovel.

I did, it works great, my hens are just fine, the poop does pile in areas so make your pull out drawer deep and clean often. I also used a 1/2"x1/2" hardware cloth to cover my ramp up to the coop, they travel with ease and I didn't need to make a fancy ladder. The coop did get heavy, I would...

I ordered some day old ducklings for her, they arrive friday. Will stuff them under her at night. I've never done naturally raised ducklings before and I wonder if I need to put out special food/greens, waterer etc.my other ducks will just dirty the water/eat the food, or the Goose will...I...

I have a very committed, highly broody/determined goose sitting on a ton of her own+ adopted eggs. Its been weeks and I figured I'd see how committed she really was. None of the eggs are fertile...just-eeeewe-rotten I'm sure. They are in a tough to reach place-under their raised coop in a back...

sounds like this is a long process type thing unless I use the front lawn- I want to use the chicken tractor now of course. Is there a way to dig up my front yard do you know-do they rent machines that make sod or do we have to dig up every little bit? I think my husband won't like doing...

We are putting in a lawn in the backyard. we need a lawn in back because we have chickens who need to graze something while in their tractor and the dirt gets muddy when it rains, making it undesirable to walk on or let my toddler play out back. When dry, I have hard packed dirt with some lovely...

so we have our game plan now and we are going to give her a month to calm down...I really do want to give her a chance-I definitely appreciate her daily egg contribution...My husband says these are the best eggs he has ever had and we buy only organic pastured chicken eggs fresh...so the...

yup-same song...my bird starts out loud and then graduates to shrieking & then cuts off. Its quite odd. she still hasnt laid today-she just talks about eggs all day-like my 19 month old. He loves getting eggs in the afternoon-he begs all day to get eggs. Well, I am going to change their feed...

I think she must be singing for the other hen's accomplishments too. I will keep her a little while and distract her as much as I can but if free ranging and treats don't calm her down enough-she'll have to go or be dinner. she isn't particularly friendly or unique-except that she'll lay for...

I got several breeds of laying hens to make sure I could have at least a few quiet birds in the end. I researched the typically quiet breeds-breeds that are friendly and bear confinement well (chicken tractor inmates)...So I got an Australorp, a red and black star layer, a cornish and a rhode...

oh an egg inside an egg is absolutely bizarre-did you take photos? thats like a crazy anomoly-should have been preserved for science! did you eat it?

can't wait to find out-have to keep it until my mom can see it. its very heavy. wish i had an egg scale!

ok-I HAD to tell everyone as I think this is highly unusual and amazing! This morning I went to check on the silent invalid and there was the biggest chicken egg I've ever seen in her cage-almost as big as my bigger duck eggs. It was a monster! The prolapse was gone, but it had to be the size of...