I had chicks hatch out of an incubator. it happened over a day. in my excitement over the chicks, I didnt notice there was no moisture in the incubator. I just had one hatch that is all sticky and has peices of shell and shell membrane stuck to her.
How do I clean her? when I put her in...
well I had two broody hens hatch about 8 chicks between them. and was only getting one or two eggs ( out of 7 hens). My sons have found all sorts of nests with 3 and 4 eggs in them. now I have 2 dozen sitting in the fridge
One penguin, sitting under a palm tree with hawaii shirt on and sun glasses, feet in a kiddie pool with a bunch of peeps hangin round. odd number of peeps, 5 or 7
what about screwing or glueing the tines of the bottom that are sticking up to the trash can. it might bend the bottom up enough to keep stuff from coming out. It might also limit their ability to move around in it with their beaks
I can attest to the dog doing clean up duty. I have a rat terrier that knows the sound of me scooping feed, he starts whining to go out with me. I have trained him not to bum rush the coop, but when I am there he is there with me running from place to place, occaisionaly coming in with...
I have 10 white full size cochins. 3 of them are roos. the biggest is quiet and quite the gentleman. he watches out for the girls when they go to eat.
There is an upstart roo that has been pecked by the hens more than the gentleman roo. yesterday some songbird was outside the coop singing...
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I have been pooped on when they are sitting in my lap
I have been pooped on when they were setting on my shoulder
I have been pooped on when I have one under my arm
so yeah I have been pooped on by my girls
My wife could take forEVER to get ready. Would I ever? leave without her. No No No No NO NO NO NO I would not. unless I was going to a far away land and never coming back
LOL I had a nice compost pile going, and thought how awesome would it be to add the chick litter. An hour later I cant find the dog. So I go outside and the compost pile is spread out all over the place and I go watch the dog and figure out he is eating the chick poo out of the compost. Now...
full sized hens are too big for a coopers hawk. be like that little hawk goin after foghorn leghorn. "I say, I say, what are ya gonna do son?"
"I am a chicken hawk and I am gonna get me some chickens."
people find the raptor socieety for your area. you can get lots of help relocating hawks...