Princess, when my DH and I first moved into our house in Potomac it was off the grid (not intentionally). No electricity and only one outside water pump. Oh, and BTW no exterior doors. Still under construction and had to move in. It went fine untill one morning I went out to use the privey and...
I had a similar incident recently. Lost two chicks befor I figured out it was the hen who was responsible. I only had four eggs incubating so I literaly sat in the straw and as each chick hatched I grabbed it and put it under a heat lamp. The hen was fine with setting, but not with the chicks so...
Hello all you Montanans out there. I'm new to this forum and am in Potomac valley about 25 miles east of Missoula. I have 16 Chantaclers. They were bred in Canada to be especially cold tolerant. They run around in the snow and did real well last Dec. when we had that cold snap. I picked up some...
Hello All, I'm new to the forum but have had a small flock (17) Chanteclers for about a year and a half. I went to the farm store about 8 weeks ago and picked up another 15 peeps (Buff Orpingtons, Araconas and brown Leghorns) I have the eight week olds in a run adjacent to the big girls and so...