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  1. mamabear72

    Moving to OK, chickens come w/ the house!

    Thank you!
  2. mamabear72

    Moving to OK, chickens come w/ the house!

    Hey all! We're backyard chicken owners moving from Nevada to good old Oklahoma! The house we're buying in OK comes with the chickens, woo hoo! Wanted to pop in and introduce myself and say Hello :)
  3. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

  4. mamabear72

    Sand, pine shavings, wood chips....oh my!

  5. mamabear72

    Deep Litter | Am I doing it right...?

    We too converted a Little Tykes playhouse for our girls and decided to try the deep litter method. For Some reason nothings breaking down. I rake it daily and add straw and shavings but it seems to just be a big mix of lots of poop and straw. We live in the High Desert w/ almost no moisture so...
  6. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    Thank you for the advice I'll definitely cut back on all the fruit, seeds and mealworms, it's just so cute to walk into my bedroom and see four little sets of eyes staring in through the sliding glass door, begging for a meal worm, ha ha. Are greens ok to feed daily? We also sprout mung beans...
  7. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    ut-oh..RUBBER EGGS!!!! We have four girls approx 18 weeks old. The Barred Rock and Red Sex link have been each laying every other day for the last 10 days. They stated out beautiful hard shelled brown eggs. (The Easter Egger and Buff Orpington haven't started yet, I don't think???) Someone has...
  8. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    We got our very first eggs this week! Our girls were 4 months exactly...to the day. Our Barred Rock monday, Red Sexlink tuesday and this morning when I was out raking their run the Rock laid her second egg. Our buff orp and easter egger haven't followed suit yet but we're waiting on pins and...
  9. mamabear72

    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    We got our FIRST (and second and third) EGG!!! The day our girls turned 4 months our Barred Rock decided to bless us with and egg then the next day our red sex link decided to follow suit. This morning when I let them out I was raking their run and turned to rake near their food where they all...
  10. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    awww is he a speckled sussex? my most FAVORITE chicken ended up being a SS roo so we had to rehome him. But thanks to Mandy in Virginia City, he now has a small heiram of ladies he's entertaining thanks for sharing the beautiful picture!!!
  11. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    We got our FIRST (and second and third) EGG!!! The day our girls turned 4 months our Barred Rock decided to bless us with and egg then the next day our red sex link decided to follow suit. This morning when I let them out I was raking their run and turned to rake near their food where they all...
  12. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

  13. mamabear72

    REALLY STINKY wet chicken poo in sand run and coop :P

    Thank you for all the suggestions. I think I'll try FF again. I did it for a very short time but the particular food I was using was heavy in fish meal and the smell was taking over my kitchen I've since switched over to a nice organic non gmo feed that isn't "fishy". For now I think I'll leave...
  14. mamabear72

    REALLY STINKY wet chicken poo in sand run and coop :P

    Thank you Triple Willow. I'm happy to hear the DLM disappears! Thats very encouraging Is your run out in the weather or does it have a covered roof? Our coop sits in their run area that happens to be the side yard of our house so it's not covered. There are trees that cover most of it but they...
  15. mamabear72

    REALLY STINKY wet chicken poo in sand run and coop :P

    they've been light free for the past couple of days and they're fine I'm just a silly first time chicken mom
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    REALLY STINKY wet chicken poo in sand run and coop :P

    Do you use the Deep Litter Method in the whole run or only in the coop area? Its usually so very dry here in the high desert that we don't get really good compost w/o continually wetting it, which brings me back to my orig issue of wet stinky poo I have to admit I'm regretting wheel barreling...
  17. mamabear72

    REALLY STINKY wet chicken poo in sand run and coop :P

    First off I have to admit that I'm a naive chicken newbie & NEVER ever imagined how SMELLY wet chicken poo could be We have four 11 week old chickens and our run and coop are on a mixture of sand and sweet pdz. Every time I go outside I sift through their sand to clear any poopies. (most days...
  18. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    HI Barb I have a cousin that lived near Portola and worked in Reno for a while. The drive wasn't bad traffic wise because it's not a heavy used highway out that way but it sometimes a hassle in the snow. Especially on hway 395 coming up over the hill near Cold Springs. Believe it or not...
  19. mamabear72

    Growing fodder for chickens

    I've noticed after day three of growth, right as the little sprouts start that the 3 root hairs start to look almost fuzzy, like mold but not. Tiny white strands of hairs. After I rinse that day they're fine...could this be mold or is this how they grow? Thank you
  20. mamabear72

    Nevadans?

    I'm so very sorry to hear about the passing of your little Monique
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