Never thought I'd say this, but I think I'm ready to throw in the towel on keeping chickens. This flock, which has been flawless for over a year and a half... so healthy, so productive, so gentle and friendly, have resorted to eating other alive. I have tried everything suggested everywhere...
Almost all of my hens have had bald bellies (just below their vents) and a couple have a little balding on the back and front of their necks, for a several weeks now. I have inspected them over and over and have never found any signs of mites or lice. I chalked it up to molting but I'm...
I purchased two Farm Innovators MODEL C-250 deicers from my local Tractor Suppy to use in a chicken waterer. The de-icers work well to keep the water in the containers from freezing, but after a few days, the they start to develop of clear gelatin slime on the cast aluminum ring and the end of...
Agreed. So, I have two heated waterers running. One is a 5 gal bucket with nipples on the bottom, which has a bucket de-icer in it. That's the one that died on me, frozen solid. The other one is a larger container, with nipples on the side (toward the bottom) and that one also has a de-icer...
So, my bucket de-icer died on me Christmas Eve. And we have been hit HARD with this cold snap coming through. We don't normally see temps below zero or close to it. I needed to come up with something quickly, until I could replace the de-icer. I put together a temporary heated waterer...
Hello, I am so interested in purchase one of these myself. We are in Maryland and wondering if it is ok for our layers to be that exposed in the winter, but I'm sure I could modify this thing if need be. Can you tell me if you like it? Any issues? How easy does it move? I want to know...
So, I have 2 roosting bars in my coop and I noticed that these new pullets weren't using them. Instead, they would all bunch up in one corner, practically on top of each other. I researched why that might be on here with my friends at BYC and read some posts by very experienced folks. I read...
I wanted a solar powered light, with auto dusk to dawn control, for my chicken coop. I also wanted this light to be subtle and not too bright. I wanted just enough light to provide some dimmer lighting in the coop to help the girls find their way safely to the roosting bars. These lights are...