Never felt the need for a mask. I use a combination of sand and SweetPDZ (horse stall-dry) under the roosts and the only time I ever have a dust issue is when I pour a fresh bag of PDZ into the litter box. I just step out of the coop after adding and give it about 10 minutes to clear before I...
So birds 2, 3, & 4 that were obviously boys were rehomed a couple weeks ago but I gave #1 a couple more weeks to feather out. These are pics of it at 10 weeks today and I’m thinking it’s looking like a roo now - those tail feathers are looking awfully pointy. Do y’all agree?
Yes, we’ve got an HOA. Lots are all 1 1/2 acres and heavily wooded between houses so haven’t had any complaints from the neighbors about the hens, but a noisy rooster would be a problem and we don’t want to have to get rid of the girls
Hello all,
I've got four birds in my last batch of ten pullets that I'm pretty sure are roo's. I couldnt' have done much worse if they'd been straight run.
The two brown ones (7 weeks) were supposed to both be prairie bluebell eggers but #2 with the red feathers doesn't look anything like the...
Four free Cockerels available, West Georgia. 7-8 weeks old. Breed unknown - friend grabbed pullets for us at tractor supply then put them in with her chicks until we could pick them up and apparently got them mixed up and gave us the wrong birds so we have no idea what they are. We live in a...