Hello fellow chicken charmers,
Yesterday (3/5/18) I came home from work to find my friendlies hen laying on her side in the middle of the run. She is a 1-year-old Barred Rock. I picked her up and inspected her legs. They looked good, but she doesn't seem to want to move them. She doesn't...
We got our chickens on February 25th of this year. They were only a few days old. I built them a new coop and run as they were spending their early months in the brooder box. Luckily we have had no health issues, or any other problems since we got them.
Yesterday we got our first egg. I...
Hi guys. I just thought I'd share this quick little thing I did tonight to save myself the headache of constantly having to change or refill the drinking water in my brooder box.
My chicks are 5-weeks old as of tomorrow so they will be going out into their brand new coop very soon. But until...
Hi guys,
I am currently in the process of building a new coop (You can see the up-to-date build progress via my blog that I have linked on my profile).
My question is this: Should I paint the interior of the coop or leave it raw wood? I was thinking about painting it white, but I'd like...
Hi guys. I saw where someone else asked this very same question on here, and even though I'm pretty sure from their description that we have the same tree, they didn't post any pictures to help get a proper answer. I've tried googling, and I've tried image search, but I'm not finding anything...
I've already introduced myself in the Central California thread, so I thought I should swing by here and say hello to the rest of the community.
My name is Steve, and like I said, I live in Central California (Modesto to be exact) with my fiance and her 11-year-old son. We are new to raising...