Recent content by XtremeRooster

Yes the temps have really dropped here from 104 to 99! The humidty is at 100%

I have a fast dsl connection and pc. My pc and dsl at work is even faster. The dentastix and dove ads will probably get this website blocked by my employer because they popup too frequently and steal bandwidth. So I won't be able to peek in occassionaly from work. I am so sick of the popups...

That is how I wound up in the hospital with over 100 stings. Mowing my granfathers field, by the time I made it to the front porch I was covered in yellow jackets. Before that I did not know the demons nested in the ground. I grabbed a cushion out of my grandmas rocking chair and began...

Seriously you are going to fill the sand with chicken poop and you are worried about contaminants? The sand will be fine plus it is free. Nature doing nature a service, free eco green non genetically modified, non global warming sand, a plus for the enviornment. LOL Plus you will be doing...

I don't have electricity in my coop I have the battery powerd ADOR coop door. I'm going to wire the coop where I can plug in an extension cord for lights inside. Becuase my coop is the chicken tractor design and I will be moving it around my property so my run is sort of quick connect and it...

Take a slow deep breathe, now do it again and repeat after me, I can do this. Seriously sounds like you need less stress not more. Chickens are gonna poop and there are gonna be flies where there is poop. You only need 4 square feet of space per chicken according to the experts here. You...

Maybe the language of the bill needs to be changed to "The Right to Crow Act". We have to listen to dogs bark all day and night but we don't have a right to listen to a rooster crow in the morning? We need to run all the communists out of office statewide.

I'd just like to know where you came up with the idea for a rooster sock? So far the foam earplugs have worked for me but I am not to sure about the neighbors.

If the city does not allow chickens I would keep and or eat her chickens. If she wants to keep furnishing me with free chicken go ahead. No fowl no harm. Seriously it sounds like she should not keep the birds if she is not going to take care of them.

You may have to isolate the chick with the sore on it. I don't know why the chickens do this but they will peck at the sore or blood spot. It must be natures way of them trying to help or bullying I don't know. But you are doing the right thing with the blue coat. Just isolate the chick with...

Squirrel is good fried, in rice, and in dumplings. Especially if you brine them or soak them in milk / eggs overnight before cooking. I have a freezer full of squirrel. I can shoot them with a shotgun where I live. I also have a rental lot in the city. I go over there with my son and a high...

They can do their scratching in the outdoor run the coop is for housing and egg laying. My coop has an automatic door opening to the run at sunrise.

I think you are going to be ok starting out. It is awesome your dad is helping you and you are raising birds at 13 years of age! You may lose a bird or two starting out. I have 14 birds in a 8x10 coop with a 10x10 run attached. I also let them free range when someone is around to help watch...

True. But sometimes you get what you pay for. I used to say the same thing and I have had some really great rescue dogs and I have also had some problem child rescue dogs. About twelve years ago I started breeding German Shepherds. My wife always wanted a German Shepherd so I bought her...

Here is a picture of my coop floor it is commercial broiler house flooring. I have placed the 2x4 panels over 1/2" hardware cloth. The panels have 7/8" square holes and the panels are 1" thick. I purchased them from Southwest Agri Products of Texas. They were $12 each. They will help...