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  1. KiminPA

    How long do feathers take to grow in?!

    Dang. Will I need to do anything so they don't get sunburned this summer? And am I wasting the feather fixer then? Can I do anything to get the rest of the shaft out? Or will that hurt them? Sorry so many questions. I didn't realize they were going to be baldys til fall! I have to be in the...
  2. KiminPA

    How long do feathers take to grow in?!

    9/10 of my hens were bare backed when I got rid of my rooster. A couple of them had saddles on but they were completely bare anyway when he left. I've been feeding them feather fixer with boss treats most days but it's been at least 2 months and they still don't have feathers. My husband thinks...
  3. KiminPA

    Silkie door size?

    The isolation cages have slide doors. There are two under the roost. So we made a piece to stick in that is a door, it comes out so you can just slide it shut or get in for easy cleaning. So far the big girls can't fit in this door... it remains to be seen if the silkies will fit. We can...
  4. KiminPA

    Silkie door size?

    It'll be a while until I know if it works. I'll take a picture of the set-up and let you know. We put the door in yesterday and I'll be able to tell if the big girls get in the area bc it's completely empty and they'll make a huge mess of course lol. We ended up making it 4 1/2 x 6.
  5. KiminPA

    Silkie door size?

    Hello. I'm making an isolation type area in my coop so that my silkies (when they get here) will have their own little haven from the full-size ladies. I want to make a door that they can get thru but the other hens can't. Our coop door is 11x15 and two of them bust out at a time... would 4x6...
  6. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Hahaha I'm getting my girls more chicks for their birthday
  7. KiminPA

    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Great idea. I like that a lot!
  8. KiminPA

    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    True. I forget about power outages lol. I feel like they'd be ok with us making one of the isolation cages their little retreat with extra straw. I was just worried... one of my friends told me he keeps them in a separate coop with a lamp on all winter and I did not want to go that route.
  9. KiminPA

    Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

    Hello. I love the MHP setup for babies but would it work for silkies out in a normal coop? I have two isolation cages in my coop, I was thinking about how I'll keep silkies warm next winter (just ordered them for spring) without having to make too many adjustments. I'm thinking of just using a...
  10. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    @jensownzoo I'm so sorry for all your bad luck, my goodness! My girls range from 17-19 weeks, several are getting ready lay I think I'm so excited for my eggs after all this work! I had to share this pic of my one, Goldie, she literally lands on me every day when I bend over to put food in...
  11. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Ok thank you :) I went in and tried to put a couple up the other night and 12 vs 1 is not ideal haha so I gave up after the 2nd one flew back to the ground
  12. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Congrats on the first egg mamatink! I have a question for you more experienced chicken mamas..... My girls range from 14-16 weeks. I have two that have combs that turned red so we put their nesting box in the coop.... Well it happened to be right where they were all sleeping at night, so now...
  13. KiminPA

    Muddy run! Help please!

    Thank you! I was feeling guilty taking away all those bugs when we were moving the dirt to flatten the land down some. Now I can just throw that dirt/grass back in on top of the rock along with some other goodies :)
  14. KiminPA

    Muddy run! Help please!

    I was planning on using crushed rock then several inches of sand with a layer of landscape cloth between to keep the sand from washing thru. So my question is, the area we are using is very uneven clay type soil. We were using the crusher waste to flatten everything out.... Can I have the rock...
  15. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    I'm so sorry for your loss! I can't imagine :(
  16. KiminPA

    Opinions plz

    Thanks!
  17. KiminPA

    Opinions plz

    Gotcha. Thanks for the ideas. I followed your coop build (great job btw) but I hadn't checked on the run build... Looks like I need to look for it :)
  18. KiminPA

    Opinions plz

    Ok I was thinking that too. We bought a big roll of WW before we had put too much thought into the WW v HC thing. So on that note, is there much we can use the WW for? Can we use it for the sides and just put hc across the bottom 4' for added strength/protection? Or across the top part of the...
  19. KiminPA

    Opinions plz

    This is the area we've cleared for our coop/run. It's a 9' wide area and the enclosure will be 8' x 45'. As you can see there is cement and block on one side and a bank on the other. I'm planning on putting welded wire under the entire thing and then cement blocks along the edges and filling...
  20. KiminPA

    First Time Chick Parents, Spring 2016

    Took out their MHP bc they haven't used it for several days and gave them a couple perches... A couple started to figure it out with in just a few mins. I put them in the little ones brooder while I was switching things up and cleaning out and they all did really well. as soon as the little...
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