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  1. Mary Courtney

    Having To Move

    My husband found out that he has a new job. That means we will have to move, and in so doing, will have to sell all our livestock. It's a bittersweet situation.....blessings and curses. So I have spent the last week posting ads for our beloved birds and selling them to the best homes I can...
  2. Mary Courtney

    SCABBY BROWN BUMPS ON BABY CHICKS FEET.....LOOKS LIKE BUMBLEFOOT

    The picture shows an example of what was on all the feet of the week-old chicks I recently purchased. I noticed it when I got them home, tried to pick it off, but it was as hard as concrete. I wondered if it could be a parasite of some kind. I searched the internet in vain.....no pictures of...
  3. Mary Courtney

    Newer than New! How do you do?

    Hello all you fellow poultry lovers! I finally did it!!! I finally took the plunge a week and a half ago. I was in Rural King (we live in Central IL), saw the chicks and ducklings as I do every year, and I bought 6 Araucanas pullets and 3 Pekin ducks. Never mind that I have nowhere outside...
  4. Mary Courtney

    Thrifty Chicken Coop using Cinder Blocks and Truck Capper - Self Cleaning!!!

    Hi all: Use it up, Wear it out, Make do or Do without! Keeping that in mind, here's my idea for a 'thrifty chicken coop'. Using concrete blocks I would form walls on 3 sides to raise the coop 4' off the ground. I would put a floor of 1/4" or 1/2" welded wire down on top of the concrete...
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