So when you are designing and building your own coop make a section where you can separate a hen if/when needed.
Make it so you can clean it easily and disinfect it too.
Maybe you need to have it for a Broody hen..... bringing out chicks you hatched inside...... even a Time Out Room 🤭
But if...
Are your chickens going out today in the Weather today ?? Ice storm here and mine are staying in :rolleyes:
Man, I don't know what it is today. The darn hens will NOT go out in the completely enclosed run. Other then it is an ice storm but all you hear in the run is the tapping of rain- that...
So I have 5 Aussies. 2 are 4.5 months and the other 3 are 4 months. I also have a Jersey Giant that get into the Aussie box :rolleyes:
ALL, including the Jersey, have Large Red combs and wattles. The 2 older ones just started to lay last week and this week. Others are starting to squat.
But...
So for all you that wondered what the earliest would be for an Aussie.
Momma Hen laid her 1st egg ON ME !
She hopped the fence earlier today so I locked them in the back yard but she kept pacing. She was looking like she was going to jump 5 feet up to the deck. So I went in and sat in the...
LOL, Just wanted to show you what the darn hens just started to do.
This is from my security camera. Behind them you can see the coop/run area, all dirt with some hay scattered so they scratch.
Grassy area is the back yard that I let them roam in. Wood plank is between grass and 'garden'...
I'm moving to the West coast :(
My poor little 3 month old pullets will be so sad as I got them as 1 day old chicks. Momma, Op, Jersey, Frieda, Fluffy & Raptor (no not a Roo but biggest hen there). All are Australorps except Jersey as she has Yellow feet so she got mixed up and is a Jersey...
I'm moving to the West coast :(
My poor little 3 month old pullets will be so sad as I got them as 1 day old chicks. Momma, Op, Jersey, Frieda, Fluffy & Raptor (no not a Roo but biggest hen there). All are Australorps except Jersey as she has Yellow feet so she got mixed up and is a Jersey...
I have what I call a Hybrid Beehive.
Bottom 2 deep boxes have the top to bottom frames strapped together. This let's the bees use this whole area for brood and Winter time honey. You don't touch it. Top box is for honey for you... you can add more boxes for the flow.
They have everything you...
I'm getting the coop ready for the chicks, I need shavings and PDZ.
Just noticed it says it's on sale so wanted to let others know.
Not sure if my 10% off at register will also work but worth a try.
I sprinkle it on the floor then put shavings over it. I also do a Poop board but will wait till...
I was curious how people get their chicks and thought a poll would be fun.
I am going to say that the majority just get chicks since this is 'backyard' chickens lol
I'm a 'backyard' chickens too but I am also a 'Farm'... because I say so :cool::lau
So the 2 that survived (6 died) from TSC need friends (lol chicken math) ok ok I wanted 6 total and will get 4 more of the Australorps from my feeder store and NOT from TSC.
I only wanted the Australorps so I have to wait till they come in on the 17th .
This puts the original 2 at just shy of 2...
So the only 2 that survived are doing great.
They learned to jump and flap their wings. Just starting to preen and stretch wings and legs.
I set up the camera and left them alone for a while to catch their silliness
So I called to a few of the TSC to see when the next batches would be in and I was lucky that one, 45 min away, had the Australorps !
I ran down, he said they were 4 days old but they were super tiny. I got 6, in case some didn't make it.
2 didn't make it, the 2nd one I put in the brooder in...
I wasn't going to get the TSC brooder because my son had lights/heater and lamps from his Lizards. Well turned out that his stuff was not in perfect condition and I don't want to risk that. Plus the light he had was just a light not a heater light.
So I went to TSC last night to look at...
Thought I would post this were Spring is starting and many critters come out for an easy picking meal.
Hot Chili Pepper Flakes...
Chickens can't taste it but boy can others! Stopped a chipmunk from stealing the feed a while ago.
Only issue I had was my Feed Biller digging around looking for...
So Last year, due to Covid, I heard that chicks sold out like hot cakes at the TSC and farm stores !
You think they will again this year?
Anyone sell chicks from their stock and sell out too ?
I wasn't planning on getting chicks just yet since I've not found my house to buy. But if it's going...
It has been a little while since I was on here and this is a Great New Section.
But it seems that there are a lot of WANTED posts on here that should not be here (according to the title of this section).
Anyway we could make a new section for Wanted or Looking For ? Then move the posts about...
I live in Mass, Snow, so if you don't have Snow like here then maybe hold off answering please. TY
I have a Covered 10 x 20 run for the hens during the Winter. Ground is solid in Dec/Jan/Feb sometimes into march as well. So I have Straw in there thick and will add more as the Winter...
So I have not seen this before so bad
1 hen is having a REAL HARD molt, ok no biggie. But it is Super chilly here (Teens over night, 30's daytime).
On her back and a section on her side is a big swath of no feathers and Pin feathers coming out. About 1.5-2" long pointy.
My issue is that the...