Hi,,, I have a strange set up for my coop. I have my chicken coop which goes into the run, I do not let my girls free range because of hawks and vultures which have been around here alot. Well my chicken run goes underneath the hog haven. Well on the hog have is a mister and the pigs have tubs...
I was out tending to my chickens and pigs when my Mom came and asked me if I had lost a 'WHITE' chicken, I told her no becouse I have only ! white chicken and I just saw her I think... So I went and checked and while I was there did a head count 10, 11, 12, .......uh oh were is # 13 there she...
I was really nervous after reading that it may take a couple of weeks for the baby's to go inside the coup at night so when I took them (my baby's) out side I took them in a small dog cage. I went outside in the run and sat down, opened the door to the cage and just sat there. While this was...
Well,a full day down. Was scared to go out to chicken pen when I did the baby's were in the house and they were looking good. No bloody pecks and one of the baby's saw me and went to the other side of the coup to talk to me. As I was pulling grass out side of the coup my 1 baby kept following...
And you guys may find this funny (or not) my brooder has a curtain so when I cleaned it out I did it blind, Well as I removed my babies today I got to number seven(that's all I thought I had left) I could still hear rustling in the back of the brooder, Had to get almost all the way into the box...
I'm kinda sad and REAL nervous. I moved my baby's out with my big girls this morning. I have been outside constantly to check on them after I spent 2 hours in the coup to make sure no one beat them up. Yes I know the older girls may peck at them but I wanted to be there in case they got carried...
Hi all!!!!! I am back. Well I have 7 of the 14 baby's left and all It took to stop it was a digital thermometer and a lower watt light bulb. These are my first baby's and I thought they were getting cold so STUPID me it took 7 baby's dieing and the thermometer to get the box to the right...
Hi, This just about sounds like me 5 weeks ago but I had bought my 14 Baby's from a feed store. Well I could not find an answer to why they were dyeing( had 7 dye), I called my aunt In Arizona and told her what was going on. She used to breed birds. I told her and when it came to the heat lamp...