We have a seven year old lab that still thinks she's a puppy. One of our large concerns was how she would be around the chickens...the last thing we wanted was for her to think they were a new toy and start chewing on them!
To make sure this didn't happen we started to introduce them one...
I've read some posts and a local guy from the 4H says that the best thing for a brooder is to put pine shavings down and then place paper towels over them. Obviously this will make for an easier cleanup...is there a downside? I'm wondering why everyone isn't doing this if it's so good....
I'm going through all of the pictures on here in different forums to see the Silver Laced Wyandottes...ours is becoming my favorite of our chicks. On our SLW (see picture) she has fur on the outside of her legs, when I look at all the pictures I notice no SLW's have this.
Can someone explain...
For those that know the Philly area we're actually in Central Bucks County...we moved out of the city last September.
My wife and I just picked up our baby chicks last Wednesday. We have one of each of the following: Buff Orpington, Dark Brahma, New Hampshire and what is becoming our...