This is My Ninja. I named him that because he was the runtiest runt you have ever seen! All of the other birds chased him. He would run so fast from them he would run over other chickens backs to avoid the bullies. The bullies made me laugh-they looked so confused when he would disappear into...
Yes. After about twenty cumulative years of owning chickens, today, one of my silver seabright HENS jumped up on the lifetime gate and squalked out a crow.
I am stunned. It was the er-er errrrr pattern. She must have really had fun with it because she continued to do it for another five minutes...
The egg factories are so much more intense and automated than I can imagine, i suppose.
I just love my birds and the friends who trust us and buy our eggs.
All of us 'chicken crazed' people are keeping the simple values going. So nice to have so many with their
hearts in a good place!
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Grandma Ann:
I love the block of scratch! I used the seed cakes from the feed store-
and Overrun-I do the oatmeal too- I think I like it as much as they do!
Their food is their best heating fuel!
The DE (diatomaceous Earth-food grade) Is essential with all of the bedding.
That is a sweet deal for your flock Cabot! I agree with the danger of moisture build up and air circulation being important.
Winter is a challenge for the snowy endowed chicken owners!
I have hade my current coop for 5 years now and over that time I learned to prioritize 'wintering the girls' in this order...
All of the feed they want, Layer pellets, scratch, sunflower seeds and oyster shell (especially when there is snow on the ground)
Fresh water. I use a base heater for...
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I set 8 eggs-under my two broodies. I love a few chicks around in the pottery studio in the spring and we are having an open house on the 20th of March so instead of ordering them (and paying for them!) I just penciled the lay date on 8 eggs and gave the broodies a job! Cheep Thrills!
We put down white pine shavings
(straw is cheaper but it mats down and when it gets wet it is stinky AND matted AND impossible to dry.)
Dusting the nests, house floor AND the girls with Diatomaceous earth, FOOD GRADE, (DE) keeps mites and flies away.
I might dust with a cup of DE a month.
We...
I had purchased a straight run of feather footed cochin bantams from Mc Murray"s two years ago. We recieves 28 and 14 were roosters. Horrible luck. Many were frizzled including one magnificient white rooster that we named "Liberace" because he was/is so grand and gentle. One of the hens was/is...
Get some cheap pellets and put one in your mouth (or drop in water if you can't stand to do that). It will turn to salty mush. Now get the good quality pellets and you'll have left a nutty flavored bit of hay like putting bits of grass or hay leavings in your mouth. It just depends on the...
aHH Undercover chickens! The movement lives on!
I cannot say anything bad about MPC-they are kind, cordial and have choices others haven't caught on to! M or F? It is simple with them!