Recent content by vclark321

Read the rules very closely. Be certain the definition of 'livestock' includes or does not include poultry. In my city, poultry in not considered 'livestock'. Cattle, horses, pigs and such are 'livestock'. Maybe getting rid of just the rooster would help diminish the 'noise'. My next door...

Oh know what would work great? I saw some plastic boot trays (for wet boots in the mud room) at the dollar store. They were roughly 1' x 2'. At least a good trial material.

Yesterday was our day to integrate. I have 3 (mafia wives) year olds and 3 (desparate housewives) 20 week olds. I had the younger ones in their own pen and I put them in the big pen by themselves to explore. Then I put the least aggressive of the big girls in until I had the most aggressive...

I have some established hens & I have new girls ready to lay next month. I have them in separate coops & runs that are next to each other. They free range in the yard but they stay separated for the most part. The big girls will chase the new girls to assert dominance. I am going to be...

This came at the right time for me! I have month old chicks and they were in the house and driving me crazy! Can't blame them, they were going crazy! Today they are outside in an old dog house I have had with a run attached for them to explore. They have straw and pine shavings and a heat lamp...

Sorry about your roo and happy to hear everyone else is mending well. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I have 2 sets of nesting Bald Eagles in the area and I know they are back in town. I have a lake in front of my house and a lake behind my house and a duck pond on the property. Very...

Will there be a hatch cam? I want to follow the hatching! Set up a hatch cam~!

My year old girls are RuPaul, Raja and Bertha Venation. The month old girls are Bernadette, Mitzy and Felicia. All named after famous drag queens. I like the names people come up with like Divan or other food references....

I am going to read back through everything, but I am wondering how long it takes to see actual baby mealworms after the beetle stage. I have a boatload of beetles and I have not seen any mealies tiny or otherwise. Do they eat their own? I have plenty of food in the container for them and...

I can hardly wait until my 3 new girls can go outside! These girls are much fiestier than my other 3 last year! I live in Western Washington and it has been snowing, hailing, raining, sunny etc. crazy weather! Not even close to letting them out, even for a few minutes. I hope yours enjoy...

Well you are certainly in the right place for information! So many great people here. Your coop looks wonderful and so does the run! Depending on where you are at you can always go to a local feed store and get yourself some chicks that are just days old. I have thrown straw on the floor of...

Ok the girls are going on 2 weeks & growing like weeds! Is it ok to give them a couple of meal worms during the day in addition to their regular food & grass? I gave them one each, but I don't want to find out (the hard way) it was bad for them. I figured if mama was raising them naturally they...

Thank you for such an informed, easy to read article! It was simple and to the point and it contained a lot of information and was not in any way overwhelming! You discuss the benefits as well as the 'ugly reality' of free ranging. When I am home during the day I let the girls go wild, but they...

I have 3 square feet in the coop per chicken, 22 square feet in the run per chicken and a whole mess of free range space!