Search results for query: *

  1. phoenix rooster

    Americanas, Auraucanas, Red Stars, 6 months in their prime, Portland

    Now selling some beautiful hens, we have plenty of hens and will be downsizing some. 50+ Available. NW Portland OR.
  2. phoenix rooster

    Eggs aren't as tasty and other feed questions

    visit your local bakery or store for expired breads, just make sure there is no mold on them.
  3. phoenix rooster

    Do you make an actual profit from selling eggs/chicks?

    I have asked a similar question in the past and will now be trying to see if it is feasible. Now I know why everyone says that you'll never get rich farming, because its true. You might be able to make a living if you are careful with costs and seek the best prices available. Marketing is key...
  4. phoenix rooster

    Bobcat!! Need help.

    Had the exact same problem, you need to make sure the cat can't climb your fence and must be setup properly for an electric fence to work. I lost 15 to a bobcat until I set up my run like below. I used 6 ft deer netting, with many strands of wire. they can't climb the fence. bury some if the...
  5. phoenix rooster

    Fox? I'm thinking Bobcat... ***Pics added***

    I lost 10 hens to a bobcat over a 3 month stretch. finally saw it attacking my free ranging birds while i was out there too. had to see it to believe it. i have foxes, raccoons and coyotes, but the bobcat was the most stealth quickest enough to sneak attack. fenced them in using 6 foot tall...
  6. phoenix rooster

    Rooster with Chicks?????

    introduce them slowly over time, i have a coop built inside a coop, i put the newbies in the coop and let them get use to the older hens and roos. after a week i open the door and they learn to get along, plus the little chicks run faster than the chubby adults. sometimes i make the coop door...
  7. phoenix rooster

    Do I need to lock up the coop at night?

    I do not lock them up, but I also have many strands of electric fencing covering the run and coop in addition to other fencing. I have not lost one so far. before the electric fence they free ranged, after 10 lost hens I finally saw the predator, a bobcat was taking them. The fence run is 6...
  8. phoenix rooster

    What size is your flock

    80 chickens of various types
  9. phoenix rooster

    I lost my ducks to a bobcat a few nights ago

    I lost 10 hens to a bobcat, I was never sure what the predator was until I saw her with my own eyes. I was losing them in daylight, it grabbed a chicken even though I was 20 feet away. I have since built a coop and run with 6 ft bird netting with metal posts and electrified the fence with 4...
  10. phoenix rooster

    Sex Links start laying earlier???

    16 weeks, good layers, my best.
  11. phoenix rooster

    Can you place a chick under a broody hen, sucessfully? suggestions?

    I think that the bantam breeds work best for adopting due too their size. the bigger chickens may accidently crush a baby chick. My two bantam cochins are awesome adopting moms. They took to them immediately and the Austrolorp took half a day longer. They are much happier now that they don't...
  12. phoenix rooster

    Can you place a chick under a broody hen, sucessfully? suggestions?

    So here is an update on placing baby chicks with 3 broody hens after they had been broody for 3-4 weeks. I placed 1 under 2 broodies at night and left the rest in the coop in a cardboard box with a brooder light and food/water. i let them chirp all night so that all 3 broodies would warm up...
  13. phoenix rooster

    Can you place a chick under a broody hen, sucessfully? suggestions?

    my hens have been broody for 3 weeks has anyone had any problems or success? i have 8 chicks bought today and 3 broody hens. how do i do this sucessfully? please help.
  14. phoenix rooster

    chickens and vegetable gardens??

    you can grow garlic they will scratch and weed for you, but mine don't eat it. there's not much they wont eat.
  15. phoenix rooster

    Egg Sellers--How's Your Business?

    Business has been so good that I had to get 7 more RIR hens, to keep up with demand. I had to turn away 2 previous customers today, because I won't have eggs available until next weekend. I have 40 laying hens and it's amazing. The secret is good advertising and providing an excellent...
  16. phoenix rooster

    Will my silly broody hen starve herself sitting on the nest???

    my crazy cochin bantam hen is broody on the roost! and has been the last 2 weeks. she won't snap out of it. I even have fertile eggs for her, but she won't sit in a nest box. I'm tired of watching her go through this. best of luck with yours!
  17. phoenix rooster

    Need Help My Bantam Cochin has gone Broody on the Roost!

    How do I get her to go broody in a nest box. She has all the signs of broody, puffy when sitting, cackles when off the roost, missing feathers on her belly areas.... pecks me when i try to push her off the roost.. The Question is how do I get her to go broody in a nest? I have eggs I can...
  18. phoenix rooster

    New Layer - Pippin the Red Star

    15 red stars, they were laying near 15 weeks. they do not take many days off. i get some jumbo sizes too after a few weeks. I'll be getting these more often.
  19. phoenix rooster

    My beautiful BA Girl Left me this morning and this time for good......

    The most beautiful Australorps that I have ever laid my eye's on flew the coop one last time.... She was model quality and she always hated it when I took her eggs or any other hens eggs. She was always the first to fly out my coop, but today she didn't come back. I think a bobcat took her...
Back
Top Bottom