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  1. JellyBeanCee

    Dumb pellets

    Ok, so I've read where other people have problems with their chickens eating pellets, wasting the pellets, all kinds of things. I feed mine organic layers pellets. They scatter them everywhere. There are tons in the sand in the run, tons in the feed pan under their hanging feeder, it's so...
  2. JellyBeanCee

    Could paralysis/wobbly gait be due to being egg bound?

    After reading the sticky, I thought maybe it would be easiest to answer the questions posed in the sticky for this particular section. I'll answer as best as I can and hope for some insight. Thanks. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than...
  3. JellyBeanCee

    First night out of the house-SUCCESS!

    I'd been agonizing over not having our coop finished and persistent rain has just continued to stop the progress, so we made a very secure space in our work shed for the chickies. Last night was their first night out there. No heat and they were pretty far away from where I could hear anything...
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    10 week olds going out into their new coop soon...but it's cold!

    I know it's been asked a million times, but here goes a million and one.... I have three 10 week olds (an Australorp, an EE and a NHR) who will be going out into their new coop in the next week or so. They've been in my house up until now & temps have probably only gotten down into the high...
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    Loving the rain...but it's stopping coop progress

    Here I sit with 8 week old chickens and every weekend I get some time to work on the coop, it's pouring down rain. Then by the time everything dries out enough to start working on it again...more rain. These poor chickens are just going to become house chickens before too long. I have a green...
  6. JellyBeanCee

    Glittering Greensand?

    Anyone know anything about Glittering Greensand? Though this is an organic gardening product, I thought I'd ask around and see if anyone knew if it would be harmful for chickens if they pecked at it and ingested any of it? Supposed to be iron and potassium rich. My babies are only a month...
  7. JellyBeanCee

    Baby chickens are addictive!

    So I've had my 3 new babies for a little less than a week. They were hatched a week ago today. I am soooo enjoying watching them play and figure out things in their little brooder. They are all currently working out how to use the little tree branch in there. It's pretty much just on the...
  8. JellyBeanCee

    Chicken tractor vs. Stationary Coop

    Well...best laid plans...we were working on building a chicken tractor, hadn't seen any predators/pests in the area the entire time we've been here. Got our chicks a week ago today and last night a possum came right up to the back door, wasn't scared of us or the dogs at all. He walked all...
  9. JellyBeanCee

    Finally got my new babies! Yay!!! (Pics included)

    1 Ameraucana, 1 Black Australorp and 1 New Hampshire (Red) Everyone settling in last night Everyone asleep (hard to see some under the heat lamp) Black Australorp New Hampshire Ameraucana (L), NH (R), BA (back) BA (front), Ameraucana (back) If anyone in the Austin area is...
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    Good sweet potato pie recipe?

    Anyone have a good sweet potato pie recipe they don't mind sharing? When my mom passed (too young), we lost many great recipes as she was one of those cooks who just used recipes stored in her noggin. I have some beautiful organic sweet potatoes at home that are dying to become a yummy pie...
  11. JellyBeanCee

    Shavings vs. Sand in the coop part of a chicken tractor

    I'm building a chicken tractor for my future girls and was just wondering what people use in a small space like that, sand or shavings? I'm putting vinyl flooring in the bottom of it and plan to use a poop board under the roost, but with space at a premium in a small chicken tractor (they'll...
  12. JellyBeanCee

    Does broodiness only occur with hens laying fertile eggs?

    I am new to this and have no chickens yet (we're preparing our chicken tractor and doing research), but was just curious as I read through here and there if broodiness was something hens did only when they were laying fertile eggs, or if they do it even when they have no rooster around?
  13. JellyBeanCee

    Dog house to Chicken Tractor Conversion

    I just picked up a cheap, used dog house very similar to the one pictured below on Craigslist to make a chicken tractor. (Settled on a chicken tractor because we are renting our place and wanted to be able to take it with us if/when we move in the future.) The roof is made of composite...
  14. JellyBeanCee

    Just learning the art of chickening...

    I'm still in the researching stage of what breeds of chickens would work best for me in my area, for my needs, etc. I'm in the process of building a chicken tractor right now. Using a recycled dog house and will use as many "found" materials as possible to help keep our planet going as well as...
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