This is the soil right outside my chickens run. Our soil is VERY sandy as you can see. I have tried putting sand in my chickens pen and I did not like it. I spent hours out there scooping poop out of it and in just a weeks time the smell was horrible. Standing up I could even smell it.
Anyway...
I am wondering IF there is a thread on here for someone wanting to LEARN about their breed (in the title) and where we can discuss and ask questions and not argue over production breed vs. heritage? :-) I'd like to learn more about my breed and talk to people that have my breed and ask questions...
Thinking about putting some boards up on this and making me another pen out of it. Wanting to raise some roosters and butcher them so this would be a good place for that I think. Going to take the stones out and put in deep litter.
Someone I am trying to help with a chicken...... cut and pasted this......I thought I had an egg bound chicken but she has a huge bump above her vent.... Its not an egg..... Shes not moving......is there anything I can do?
She's not eating nor drinking and hasn't ever laid and is a young...
This used to be for my ducks and it actually started out to be a dog house and then found out the poor dog had to be a house dog since he couldn't stand the heat in the summer. So after that I got ducks and we added on and we added on and well you get the point.
This is the south side of the...
I'm trying to figure out which roos to keep. I have about 5 of the RIR's and looks like 7 or more in the BA's. I'm new to chickens and Bee suggested I post this so I can get some help in figuring out which ones to keep since I'm clueless here and don't really know what to look for. Also I am...
I was reading a couple nights ago about roost and saw someone that had a really cute coop an Amish built one I believe and they had a poop shelf in it. Trying to find it now and can't remember if it was on here or not.
Thought it might ring a bell with some of you and you can help me find it...
Bee would you please tell me what you do to obtain the deep litter method in your coop? Mine would be in my run with no roof on it except for the poultry wire so it would get wet when it rains. I'm reading so much stuff on this and I have no clue which way to go with it. I know I wouldn't need...
I have noticed since I started feeding my chicks the fermented food their feathers are looking oilier now. Is this them just growing up some or is it the fermented food making them look like this. Seems like they have gotten much darker but it just could be due to the oilier look to the...
I am wondering if they would be able to get away from our cats if they got after them at this age? Was wanting to let them free range more than what I do but I can't sit out there all day long to allow them to free range. Just wondering at what age would they be safe from the cats? We have 3...
Well I got their poop hammock made and actually almost made 2 of them. All I lack with the second one are the sides that I decided I might need on there. Actually I think right now it's ok but when I start to take it down will be the problem. Some of the poop might fall out the ends. Anyway this...
This evening I was letting my chicks free range while I watched them since we have 3 cats around here. The chicks are about 2 months old. One of them found a small piece of hard white piece of plastic and was trying to eat it. UGH So I started trying to get it from it and the chase was on. :( I...
Just wondering IF the chickens change their behavior as they get older? My rir's are about 6 weeks old now and I have some black aust. and one sexlink and they are about 4 weeks old now. The black ones just aren't friendly at all no matter how much I try hand feeding them but the rir's are a...
I wanted something I could feed them from my hand to get them more used to me handling them. Any ideas? The rir's are a 5 weeks old now and the black aust. and sex link is 3 weeks old.
Trying to figure out how many roos and how many pullets I have in my rir's. Is this a roo?
Then the 2nd one a pullet?
then this ones a pullet to I think. IF I have it right I have 2 roos and 13 pullets but I'm really not sure. I sure HOPE it's NOT the other way around! lol
Wondering what kind of wormer I can use since these two groups are together? I'm figuring you put it in their water but I'm not sure on how it's done since I am new at this.
What could I use for a feeder for my chicks? Their heads have gotten bigger now and it's hard for them to get the food out of the little ones you buy. I wanted to make one from a 5 gallon bucket and a metal pan but never have gotten the metal pan yet. They are scratching around in it and...
I have 16 of them in a 35" wide 35" length and they are VERY fast growing out of their space! Hubby says I need to put them in their chicken house this coming week but wondering what to do now. I have introduced them to a nipple waterer and they all love playing with it, to save some space in...