We have loved the sand on concrete in our run for the last 14 months; it’s now time for some maintenance. What do most of you do when the sand starts stinking? Do we add sand on top of the old stinky sand or remove & replace it? If we remove the sand what do we do with it? I hate the idea...
Ok I’m wondering how smart/dumb chickens are? Here’s our coop, there is ventilation all around the top. The door for the pop hole is never shut (ok we shut it a few nights last winter when the temps were in the high 20’s. With the heat wave last week here in So CA, we got to the high 90’s, I...
OK I’m fretting about our girls being cold. I know most of you have thought of this long before now. My first question is how do you tell if a chicken is cold? How much winterizing do we need to do in Coastal Southern California? It’s been really cold this week, low 40’sF at night and 60’sF...
My daughter brought home 8 chicks fromt the 2nd grade life science project; 2 Lt Brahmas, 2 Australorp, 4 Rhode Island Reds. All are just over 4 weeks old, probably too early to tell gender but of course we’d love to know as we’re only zoned for hens. Of the RIRs 2 have feathers on their feet...