Well I guess they got hungry. I found three dead this a.m. They had full crops but didn't get back in the nest:( Momma and the rest are on the floor nestless now. Hopefully this will get better.
~Kip
I got them friday night and put them under my broody chicken. She took them no prob but they won't come out and eat. I have been dipping there beaks in water like I did with chicks last year. They don't seem to get it. I added a heat lamp to the x-pen they are in. Is there some thing more I can...
I am sure they can hop/fly up that high. I am making my coop nice and tall so I can get in there. I would to see people's entrances. I am still building mine and haven't got that far yet.
~Kimberly
I'm done for the year. Too many traumas. I want to focus on the garden now. I still want chicks from a couple particular birds. If they are mature before winter I don't see the harm in it though.
Kimberly
I think jig saws are great first power saws. They are easy to handle and a great confidence builder.
I used my truck a LOT during my coop build. It was the ultimate portable workbench complete with music, tool storage when it rained, dog crate (he loves sleeping in it), seats, cup holder, bent...
Ewwwww! That frog is nasty! How many of those do you find in your back yard? We get thousands of toads in the garden but nothing that looks like it could eat your bantams.
~Kimberly
Well. The one that crowed... rooster The others I would have to say hens. They don't look like the roo. The pics are hard to tell by due to size.
My partridge is 12 weeks old. Today I saw color (green) in the tail feathers and I said definitively " Matrix, you're a rooster". The wattles...
I don't see why straw wouldn't work. Some people on here don't like it for their birds because of mites. What about recycled clothing? Or sawdust like they do in cord wood construction. When landscaping your home to put evergreen trees at the north/northwest to block wind and slow heat loss...