hello, i want to plant a garden area in the run, what size cloth or wire would let plants grow through but keep chickens from scratching etc, any suggestions?
How many would like to see hatcheries offer a sex link cross with bantams. such as a road island red bantam cross with a delaware to have medium/small "red stars" ? i know i would
Ive noticed alot of photos taken with the heat lamp on. It really distorts the visual clues of the bird. Ive done it myself. Turn those lamps off for a minute , ;)
Ive been at making a pvc run/pen and almost finished when I read that poultry netting collects snow and it will ruin the netting and such. I thought I had done enough research prior but obviously not. Hawks are around here. Any suggestions ? its 10f long x 10ft wide x 6ft high.
I have three dark Brahma chicks around 11 days old. One has been growing feathers in the scapula region for a couple days now and the other two have none in that area yet. Is this a sign of different growth rates for genders and if so what does it mean. Here's a photo of the one with more...
This is the first time I have ever raised chicks and I had 7 Golden Sebrights. I have started to notice very distict differences in thier combs. They are around age 8 weeks. There is one with no comb at all, one with a yellow color very thin multi ridge comb, two with a pinkish-red multi...