Recent content by Tarcyw

Got the rent a coop water cups and love them. And the chicks are using them! I kept their old waterer in there as well so I’ll put the weekly sav a chick electrolyte solution in that and we move it into the coop at night for now since it’s so hot and they’re new to this outside stuff. Thanks...

I hear corn is bad in the heat for the chickens. Is it just the hard dried raw corn or all corn? Mine love cooked corn cold or frozen and I thought that was ok but now I’m unsure. Thank you!

In in Arizona and we have misters running through the top of our run. Our chickens LOVE them and spend most of the day under them. You can buy a single one at Lowe’s for pretty cheap. They lower the temp in the whole run and they also keep the ground cooler for their feet. Mine are still...

I clean them with my hand and water and refresh daily and then deep scrub with soap and water once a week.

Hahaha! That makes sense! I’m glad they get more common sense. Good to know, thanks!

Thanks! I hadn’t seen those and I like them much better!

Hi all! I’ve had my chickens drinking out of a regular waterer since day one. We have 7 chicks that are about 2 1/2 months old, and we moved them outside only a few weeks ago. We made this great chicken waterer out of a sports cooler using those red drink cups where the chickens need to push...

I have seen a youtube guy make an a/c unit for his chickens. I think you could do it where it isn’t a drastic difference but would offer a cooler space and might help your egg production. His chickens like it! This is our first chicken summer so we’re starting with all of the other things...

Yes, I’ve seen some ideas like that on Pinterest! Thanks!

Right, they are inside with a heat source right now. I’m concerned about when they are ready to transfer outside in a month and go from the cool inside to the hot outside.

We did research heat hardy birds. We have three Easter Eggers, a Wayondotte, golden sex-link, mosaic/cinnamon queen, 2 silkies, a bantam half silkie-half mystery, and a wellsummer.

Our chicks are currently living in my house in their brood pens. I have 6 that are three weeks old in one pen and 4 that are several days old in another. I’m wondering how best to acclimate them to the hot temperature when it’s time to move them to their coop and run. I’ve done a lot of...

Thanks everybody. It was splay leg but there was something more going on. We had to put her down because her hocks and feet were affected and she wasn’t able to use them at all.

That is a relief to hear. They are in a 50 gallon rubbermaid tote with pine shavings. I will be adding shelf liner underneath the pine shavings today and pick up b-complex tablets. Do you think I need to do the splint for splayed leg? We did that initially but didn’t notice a change in 14...

Hi! My name is Tarcy (not Tracy) My husband, 6 year old son, and I are new to chickens and wow are they more interesting than we ever thought! Our chicks are a couple weeks old and we are bonding as they warm up to us and we get to see their little personalities. I love them already! We’re...