Hi all,
Have been reading and watch the group, and see that everyone has been busy. We have also been busy. The girls are laying well and no more dieing. Does anyone know of anyone who is a good chicken sitter in the Magna/West Valley area. We are thinking about a week long vacation.
Getting...
Hi gang
Well this morning brought another surprise. I went out to do the morning chicken count and one was missing. So I checked the coop to find her dead on the floor eyes closed and by how still she was she has been dead for a few hours. She was fine last night when I put them all to bed. She...
Well, sad news here sfter a weeks long struggle we lost Birdie. I went to check at 6pm and she was still trying, but when I checked at 7pm she had passed. While the flock seems to have taken it well, thd humans not as much.
Such is the chicken world in Magna today.
WOw I couldnt agree more. Just did it this year and even with 2 birds and slow process it was still a major upset to the picking order.
On an other note It apears that we will be lossing 1 of our BSL evey soon. Even after taking to vet she just is getting worse. She was highest in the picking...
Hi all,
We got lucky the 2 new one we got this year, spent their first night inthe coop with the year old ones. Now the flock is all one big while happy last night I can see some putting in your place happening.
Hi,
Looking for some ideas on adding two ten week olds to the flock. Had them outside and the girls looked very interested. If I didnt have to feed them I could avoid IFA, chickenmath
We did ok with no heat in coop with temps overnight of 5 to 7 , but they are forecasting minus temps. The girls have small amount of frost bite on their combs from the blowing snow two storms ago. With this being our first time rasing chickens I am a little worried about the minus temps. Any...
I made a nipple system tank. Holds 2 gal.
with heat tape wraped it does not freeze even has small aount of heat to coop.
If you would like the plans let me know
Merry white Christmas to all of you and our fine chickens.
My girls are not happy about the white stuff and are staying in the run so far, but they did ok all day yesterday in there while the blowing show plied up out side. So much for free range, but the did (all but 2) lay, so no...
I use a tank inside with nipples and it feed outside to a nipples under coop in the run.
can be fulled from outside and hope the pipetape heater works to keep from freezing and should give some heat in the coop. It is hooked to therm cube.
Quick question for everyone. Has anyone give there girls sunflowers seeds, if so what kind? Black oiled or black unoiled? I was thinking of treet for thisfall into winter.
Hi All,
My girls are doing well, but with winter not far away, and while temps are nice for me to do any coop work I need, I was wondering what I might need to do to be ready for the colder weather ahead. The coop will be double walled with in the next week (2 pieces of ply wood to go on last...