Recent content by Varagol

It's every bird, all of them.

Howdy, Post deleted - have a local picking them up this weekend.

The chicks will go out in week 12, or the end of December. They should be able to take it with the 15 other birds out there (Four adult chickens, and the then 12 week old Ducks).

I posted a similar question over in ducks, but was wondering if you fine folks could chime in: How old is old enough for baby ducks to go out into the coop? Mine are two weeks old now, and I was thinking about week 8 to move them out there. 10" of straw on the floor, wind protection, draft...

I keep the house on the cooler side, roughly 65 degrees. I think after week four, I'll remove the heat lamp and see how they do with regular house temp (65). If I need to put a heat source in, I will. That should keep the temp above 32 until everyone (the 11 ducklings and the 11 chicks plus...

Hey folks, I see / read lots of posts about moving them out in the summer, but nothing about moving them out during the fall/winter. The lowdown: 11 baby ducks, now two weeks old. My plan was to wait until week eight to move them into the coop (a 9x12 shed with some chickens) divided so they...

And thankfully, (and let be honest, pretty lucky) all the ladies were back in the run this evening. I opened the door so the others would wander out (Two other Jerseys, one Cochin) they all ran into the little black and white blob that they do when together. So all four back in the coop. I...

So I felt silly this morning. Picked up some straw bales for the coop, and evidently one of the babies from this summer (5 months old), got perturbed. So perturbed, she flew up and over the 5' wall. I've never seen such acrobatic Jersey Giants in my life. Hoping she'll come back, as she...

Finished up an add on to the coop and run. Added an extra 25x14 to the run (9x16), just in time for the ground to freeze. I'll add some chicken wire over the top in the spring, and I'll add in a small duck pond too. My pops is up from Fla, and he was a great help getting it assembled. All...

Mine came in last week!

So fun happenstance I discovered today. I have a buddy coming early Nov to take some dead trees down that are a little too close to the house. Run out to get gas for the truck, and notice that the biggest culprit, i.e. six feet from the house has snapped off about 12' off the ground. Fell...

Forecast for my neck of the woods looks OK - 50 on Friday, 52 for Saturday with rain. Then Monday it drops to the 30's. Guess it is time to finish the yard work in the next couple of days.

I got home last night to find a huge birch in 10' sections all across the driveway. Haven't looked this morning, but I'm sure I've got branches/limbs everywhere. Thankfully this wind happened now, not when all the leaves were still on. Forecast is predicting snow this morning, whee.

No, they are inside with a heat lamp, walls nearly two feet tall.

So with the last batch of reinforcements, lost six chicks - all white Polish. Is it me, or are they just not as hardy as other chicks? Every time I've gotten them, they always don't make it. I find them dead in the morning, usually in an odd position that they've been stepped on or trampled...