:welcome Greetings and salutations! Thank you for joining the family. We also enjoy the comedic aspects of raising our flocks, which include 3 dogs, 2 turtles, numerous fish, 47 chickens, 8 ducks and a partridge in a ba-na-na tree (showing my age, for those that know the reference to..hehe)...
:welcome Welcome to the family! We enjoy trying to come up with names for some of our chickens. Our first two roosters, Barred Rocks, we named Harold and Kumar (since they seem to always have the munchies)...our next one was Eddy Murphy (since he was sometimes acting hilariously and we loved...
Sorry to hear about your situation. Wish I could help..I have several family members in the Elgen and Evanston areas. You can post on the state-specific forum to see if anyone local can offer assistance. Good luck!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/illinois.37/
:welcome Welcome aboard and thanks for joining our family! This site is a good source for information in regards to our hobby of raising our very own flocks. Ask away and those in the know will chime in.
Welcome aboard from a fellow Buckeye..and possibly very close neighbors..hehe. I would look around on Facebook Marketplace and/or Craigslist for a better suited coop for your flock, but keep the Omlet to use as an emergency coop to quarantine new/sick/bullying hens/roosters, or as a grow-out...
:welcome Thank you for joining us. Hatching and raising chicks to become hens and/or roosters is a great learning experience. We have alot of knowledgeable members that are more than willing to help with your questions and concerns as they come along.
Oh, I didn't realize that we were talking about young chicks. I serve my hatchlings the grounded pellets as well since I am concerned that the regular pellets would pose a choking hazard at this stage in their lives.
:welcome Thank you for joining our family. Here is the forum for pigeons...there should be members that are more familiar with them and can answer your questions.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/pigeons-and-doves.52/
I normally buy pellets, bags of sunflower seeds, dried beans, oats, wheats, and other things, then mix it all up in a trash can (dedicated only to their feed). Chickens will eat what they like...
:welcome Thank you for joining our happy family. We are here to offer help in any way. As for grinding the pellets down, I think it would be more effective to purchase whatever feed you think will work, and then mixing in the current feed with it. Just my 2 cents.
I do believe that wind-operated chargers are available, but not sure as to the cost of the setup. I just think I need to add a few more batteries and solar panels, since my current setup is ample enough to power a fan to circulate air in the coop and provide lighting when needed.