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  1. Crooked Chicken

    Negative temps

    Yep, it's a nippy 5 degrees here this morning and just on my way to the chicken house. I take lukewarm water out twice a day in these temps. Sounds like we did the same with keeping them cooped up on coldest days. Normally they free range, but not so much in winter. Besides that, a fox has been...
  2. Crooked Chicken

    Negative temps

    I have not, but do occasionally use BagBalm. You can get this at most feed stores. It's in a little square green tin - used for cow udders, etc.
  3. Crooked Chicken

    Negative temps

    ...around the bulb base using bolts and then bolt the strap around the rafters. This has worked well for me for the past 5 or 6 years. Edited to add ** I do not use a heated waterer any longer. I had one in the pen and one in the house -- both of them melted on the underside where the cord...
  4. Crooked Chicken

    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    I clean my coop daily, except for rare occasions. I use Sweet PDZ in all of the tray-style poop boards and lots of straw and pine chips on the floor. The PDZ makes it super easy to keep it nice and clean. I use a mesh strainer to sift out the poop. I scoop up any poop I see in the straw. All of...
  5. Crooked Chicken

    What do you feed your layers?

    My hens and rooster get (non-medicated) Country Lane All Flock or Naturewise All Flock. They always have grit, oyster shell/eggshell available in separate cans that hang on the wall inside the coop.
  6. Crooked Chicken

    What's your flock's favorite treat?

    Out of all the treats given, I think their favorite is regular bird seed. Everytime I fill the wild bird feeders they go crazy trying to get some. I will usually mix a bit of the seed with scratch and pour it down a walkway for them. They don't care much for the dry mealworms, and neither do the...
  7. Crooked Chicken

    Hi Karen!

    Hi Karen!
  8. Crooked Chicken

    Modifying API - Heated Poultry Waterer, 3 Gallon

    I would refrain from using any heated water source - especially if it is anywhere near straw or wall of coop. I had 2 of the heated water bowls -- one inside the coop and one in the pen. They worked ok the first year. Shortly into the 2nd winter BOTH of the bowls melted on the bottom where the...
  9. Crooked Chicken

    Need Extreme Cold Weather Reassurance...and some Frostbite advice

    It was -8 degrees this morning and finally warmed to 3 degrees. I forgot what they said temp was with windchill -- something like negative 27. My coop is about a hundred years old and I did a lot of patching, no insulation. They've got a lot of places to roost and straw/wood chips on the floor...
  10. Crooked Chicken

    Frozen water heater...

    Caution on using the heated dog water bowl :/ I just posted on another thread about my heated dog water bwls I bought last year. BOTH of them had a burnout on the underside of the bowl recently. Luckily they didn't catch my coop on fire. I've cut the cords off both and from now on I'm hauling...
  11. Crooked Chicken

    Need Extreme Cold Weather Reassurance...and some Frostbite advice

    The bowl in the run is up on blocks as well, so it's well ventilated underneath and not sitting in mud. The one inside the coop is on top of a large storage bin with a little straw around it (but not underneath it) to collect poop. The one outside has a bit larger hole melted in it than the one...
  12. Crooked Chicken

    Frozen door

    I've had the same problem with the gate door for the run attached to the coop. I am going to go spray the hinges with WD40 and see if that helps. I would think if you pour hot water on them you will have to repeat that every time and will end up with a large slab of ice at your feet.
  13. Crooked Chicken

    Need Extreme Cold Weather Reassurance...and some Frostbite advice

    ...I only use them when the temps are freezing or lower. I have one inside my coop and one in their run where it's protected from rain or snow. * * * C A U T I O N * * * When I recently unplugged the dish to clean it and noticed that the heating element had a burned a hole on the underside of...
  14. Crooked Chicken

    I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

    I'm glad they made good on the chicks, but still shouldn't have happened. We've got quite a few cottontails here. Unfortunately, the occasional baby gets mowed -- I just can't see them :( The rabbits and squirrels come out with the chickens and usually pay no attention to each other. I have...
  15. Crooked Chicken

    Where did they come from???

    @KettermanHillCoop I'm so eggs-cited for you! The babies are adorable and mama is doing a great job! Wow, just think it wasn't long ago you found your flock and now you have grand-chickies! @cavemanrich that coop is really pretty! Wish mine looked like that.
  16. Crooked Chicken

    Easter Egger club!

    As far as I can tell they appear to be females/pullets. The only one that appears to have any cockerel feathering might be the one in the last photo and it's comb is more developed. It's still a bit early though.
  17. Crooked Chicken

    I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

    That really stinks about having chicks delivered that way. A few hours could have made a difference. And if that wasn't traumatizing enough, you probably weren't able to get a refund due to the were delivered "alive". Are the shipping boxes clearly marked? Wondering if they get tossed around...
  18. Crooked Chicken

    Sponsored Post ChickStrong Trivia Video - Dr. Patrick Biggs, flock nutritionist with Purina Animal Nutrition

    :hit I missed it too. I do use FB, but don't frequent BYC there because it doesn't have much activity.
  19. Crooked Chicken

    I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

    Oh god -- that must have been awful. It was the post office's fault? Grr....... how sad. I'm glad you have some hatchlings though. I don't know much about guineas, but heard they are great for keeping ticks down. I know you were building goat houses, so I just assumed. My bad.
  20. Crooked Chicken

    Where to find boxes?

    You might also be able to use a small brown paper lunch bag if it's only going to be a couple of small chicks and they aren't travelling long distance.
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