I got a batch of new chicks, and they've just now been set free to roam the coop. We kept them in a carrier (made of chicken wire) within the coop for a while so the older chicks could get used to them, and now they are free to roam. I noticed when I checked on them tonight that one of my two...
It's been a looong time since I've posted here
Anyways, I got a batch of new chicks, and they've just now been set free to roam the coop. We kept them in a carrier (made of chicken wire) within the coop for a while so the older chicks could get used to them, and now they are free to roam. I...
I went outside today, only to notice that my beautiful Aracauna wasn't so beautiful anymore. She has a pretty rapid case of feather loss, and I'm not sure if it's mites or molting time for her. She seems to be picking at them, but I didn't see mites when I checked. Also, she is one of the older...
hey, so i was thinking...
our sump pump flows out to our field [after flooding season in ia we had to do that] and i was wondering. would it be safe to reroute it to water the chickens? i mean would it be poisonous or anything?
decorate your coop, your house, yourself, in chicken/holiday/annoying electric flashing lights!!! show some pictures!!!
prizes:
1st: an email from me that says you got first place [woohoo!]
2nd place: the same thing, but with 2nd place.
3rd place: same thing.
4th place: YOU ARE A FAILURE!!! YOU...
Hokay... so i bought a 20$ lamp at wally world last mont for when it was dark before DST. it doesnt work well. its a coleman blue lamp that has a fluorescent tube inside. i took it out and 2 days later [the lamp came inside after i took care of the chicks] it stopped working. sitting by the...
hey. a while back one of my aracaunas took up a clutch of 2 eggs and sat. i went outside and i saw her doing so, and i was going to break her up, but i didnt. later i had thrown some scratch grains out in the yard, so she got up and went outside. Did she know what she was doing? is that normal...
hey so i was posting about worms [ emergency + sickness section started by me] and i asked if worms appeared by the A-N-A-L area. the site automatically corrected it to "picky" WOW...
its not a bad word!!! i was using it to ask a medical question!!! seriously???
hey. so its cold in iowa [Duh!!!] and my sweet australorp is SHRINKING!!!! she was about 7.5 pounds [pretty good for not even 1 year eh?] and has seemed to have lost about a pound and her comb and wattles are literally getting smaller. i dont mean shrivelling up bcuz of cold, i mean they lost...
so... my chickens laid in my nesting box ONCE. total!!! only one chicken laid in it! i think its too high, but its too cold to move it right now until april, and im sick of eggs that have poo on them. Help!!!
Ok. so i have a rhode island red, and GOD SHE IS LOUD!!! she doesnt crow, but she is all annoying and in your face! literally will jump up at your face! any behavior help [besides culling]???
Hey. so i had this great idea for a nesting box. go to the nearest goodwill, thrift store, or go to your attic, and get a smallish wooden nightstand that has rollers and tracks on the bottoms of the drawers. now. take a drawer out, and unscrew the tracks from the inside of the stand. screw the...
I would like to know who orders from here. would you recommend it???
My friend and i did a split order this past spring from hoovers. he got his choice pick on all of the chicks [except for an australorp i HAD to have] and he just picked the wrong bunch. my chickens are fine. he got 2 roosters...
i would like to know your fun ideas for playing with chicks/chickens. one of my personal favorites is to take a red fish marble [the ones you put in the waterers] and throw it [gently] in the brooder. the chicks love this game and like to run around trying to get it. note: this is nor a good...
I personally will never kill a chicken unless it is in an extreme amount of pain. all of my chickens will live their lives out in my coop. [even if it means expanding] what do you think? do you cull your flocks or not?