Search results for query: *

  • Users: Dinos_rock
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. Dinos_rock

    Early Hatching?

    If an egg is accidently cracked a few days early than its supposed to hatch, can a chick survive? And also can they hatch on their own early?
  2. Dinos_rock

    Coop/Run Bedding? What is the best choice to use?

    I have five little bantams and today I cleaned my chicken coop for the first time in a long time. The floor is just regular dirt so it was all packed down and when I raked the poo, the dirt came out in chunks. I have been wondering about putting sand in the bottom or maybe packaged topsoil from...
  3. Dinos_rock

    Polish Genetics....

    Is the "top hat" gene dominant? I have a polish roo and an RIR hen. Just curious if the babies would have little top hats too...
  4. Dinos_rock

    Blue or Black Silkie?

    Do blue silkie chicks get darker with age? I ask this because I ordered a black silkie chick, but it looks blue-ish to me (or is it black? I am not good at this...). I doesn't really matter to me what color it is, I was just wondering if the hatchery sent me the wrong kind or not. This is the...
  5. Dinos_rock

    Ants!

    I hate ants! They have made a huge colony in the dirt under my coop. They eat all the food my chickens spill, so they are living the high life right now. Every time I throw a treat in the coop for the chickens like a piece of fruit, it is covered in ants after like five or ten minutes. Is there...
  6. Dinos_rock

    Won't eat laying pellets?

    I switched my chicken from scratch to laying pellets and she won't eat them. I guess if she gets hungry enough, she'll eat it because she hasn't starved to death yet. Anyone having this problem? Any advice? Will she eventually get use to it?
  7. Dinos_rock

    New camera and new chicks!

    My chicks finally came on tuesday, but I haven't been able to post until now. Here are the little cuties..... White Silkie Black Silkie Silver Sebright Buff Brahma Bantam And then the standard-size chicks I got....An Australorp and a blue andalusian(sp?) I also got a turken, but my dog...
  8. Dinos_rock

    Pullet I hope....

    Is she a she or a he? Sorry don't know the age.....
  9. Dinos_rock

    Broody Chick?

    I walked into the coop and found my little chick sitting on the nest! She can't even lay yet. In fact, I don't even know if she is a he. I don't think shes really broody though, just a coincidence probably. But still funny. Here are some pics....(BTW, please excuse my cardboard nest box. I...
  10. Dinos_rock

    Can they fit through this???(brooder)

    My chicks are coming in a week or less and I don't have a brooder ready yet! I have covered a dog crate in a heavy duty plastic mesh stuff and I zip-tyed it on (See a pic here ). I am hoping the holes are small enough that the chicks can't fit through. What do you think? Are they small enough...
  11. Dinos_rock

    Brooder (ventilation question...)

    I have seven chicks coming in a week or so. I have two old Rubbermaid Containers that I was going to cut the sides out of them and tape them together to make one huge brooder. And I was going to cut a square out of the top of the lid and cover it with a screen so I can put the lamp on it. It is...
  12. Dinos_rock

    Goose Hatching Eggs

    So I want to hatch some geese... This would be my first time hatching anything, so maybe I should try chicken eggs first to practice before I get the geese eggs? I'll be hatching in a homemade styrofoam incubator. I don't know if I can hatch any goose eggs yet, my mom said maybe depending on how...
  13. Dinos_rock

    Plants that are "chicken-safe"....

    What kind of plants can I plant around and in the coop to make it look nice and perhaps make some shade?
  14. Dinos_rock

    Questions about Fertile Eggs

    Just a couple questions.... When can a cockeral give you fertile eggs (How old does he have to be?) How long does a hen lay fertile eggs after a rooster is removed?
  15. Dinos_rock

    Sanitizing the Feeders and Water Bowls....

    Tomorrow I am going to sanitize my chick feeders and water bowls to get ready for the new chicks. How many parts bleach to how many parts water should I use? I don't want the little things to die; I don't know how sensitive they are to bleach. Any suggestions?
  16. Dinos_rock

    Chicken Diaper Pattern

    Does anyone have a chicken diaper pattern that doesn't really show on the chicken? I didn't really search that hard (I will though) and I don't even know if there are any that don't show. I was just wondering if anyone had one on hand. Last year I took my chicken to a fundraiser at a nearby...
  17. Dinos_rock

    Polish Heads

    I have three little polish chicks that are about one or two months old. Two have normal heads and the other one has a huge, lump head. It is weird looking (kinda funny...). Is this normal? I don't think I've heard of this before. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or have a polish chick...
  18. Dinos_rock

    Is this incubator worth it?

    http://www.homeandbarnbasics.com/1602NIncubator.html
  19. Dinos_rock

    Rattlesnake!!!

    The other day, my dog was freaking out and barking at the fence. She doesn't usually bark at all. She was barking at a metal pipe that was from an old chain link fence. I thought it was a lizard or something, so I was searching through the grass with my hands and a flashlight (don't ever do...
  20. Dinos_rock

    Two questions...

    First- When can you give fruits and veggies to the chicks? Second- When do you start them on laying pellets? Thanks in advance..
Back
Top Bottom