Recent content by tonnyx

  1. tonnyx

    DIY trough feeder using gutters

    It depends on the size of the chicken, of course. :) For the smaller ones, I laid a large branch as a stepstool to help them reach it. I laid an upside-down gutter (it could be just a board or something) on top since they tended to hop up into the gutter, and, because mine is long, vinyl, and...
  2. tonnyx

    DIY trough feeder using gutters

    So, the PVC feeders look nice and all, but it seems to me that it's too much time, money, and effort to make these when you have a larger flock. I raise 50 meat chickens at a time, and even if they're pasture raised, they still are supposed to have enough feeder space to feed at least half of...
  3. tonnyx

    skin off his back!

    Several days ago, two of my guineas refused to go in the coop, so I had no choice but to let them sleep in the run, which is not all that secure (chain link fence). Obviously one of the foolish guineas slept next to the fence or something, and in the morning, it had a bunch of feathers missing...
  4. tonnyx

    Is having too few roosters a problem?

    I have 33 chickens that are about 12 weeks old. I tried to get all females, but, you know .... I've caught one Barred Rock crowing, but as far as I know, the rest are pullets. I'm mainly planning on having eggs for eating rather than hatching; is there a problem with having only one rooster...
  5. tonnyx

    Any one try tyvek type wristbands for leg bands?

    I'm resurrecting this old post to see if anyone has tried Tyvek or plastic wristbands for leg bands. I put spiral leg bands on my Guineas tonight, but they're so skinny (or maybe my vision is poor, and/or it was also approaching dusk at the time), that I find myself wanting something more...
  6. tonnyx

    What size leg band to get?

    Does no one band their guineas?
  7. tonnyx

    What size leg band to get?

    Actually, I would love to hear anyone's opinions on marking guineas in general. I'm a first-time Guinea owner with 11 Guineas left (started with 16; 2 died, 3 flew the coop before I got netting over the run). I'd like to mark them so I can know which ones are male and female -- I was thinking of...
  8. tonnyx

    Keet eye problem

    Well, never mind. After two days of watching it occasionally looking better, but mostly huddling miserably by itself, and after its other eye started looking the same as the other, I put it out of its misery.
  9. tonnyx

    Keet eye problem

    I have 15 keets who are nearly a week old. One of them is not getting as big as the others. I helped it with pasty butt a couple days ago (it looked really sick then -- it couldn't sit or lie down, and looked sickly), and at the same time I noticed that it was holding one eye shut. When it...
  10. tonnyx

    Coop Building Reference Table....(suggestion area only)

    I haven't read through this entire thread, but I was wondering if anyone has already suggested setting up a wiki for this thing? That would make it easily edited and more easily navigated. I, too, would love to see all of this information in one place, with a certain level of group input (as...
See more
Back
Top Bottom