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  1. BorregoMike

    Anything wrong with this rooster?

    Several of my hens have this same thing on the back of the neck but I figured it was caused by this guy, grabbing by the back of the neck when he mates. I was surprised a couple days ago to see the rooster has the same thing. It looks to me like feather have been plucked out but I've never seen...
  2. BorregoMike

    Why - how - would eggs disappear?

    i have a broody hen that had 6 eggs under her over two weeks ago. She has her nest in deep pine shavings on the floor of the coop, which is very secure. I marked the eggs and decided to let her be. Everyday I have checked her, and many days she would have a new egg under her but also one of...
  3. BorregoMike

    Anyone use ac in their coop?

    Before you think I am crazy, I live in the cal desert and we have already had our first 100 degree days. In June, July, August, 108 - 114 is a normal day. I am going to be gone for two months but I have someone to take care of the chickens. I want to make it as easy as I can for them. I...
  4. BorregoMike

    Anyone use water misters in summer.

    I have 25 hens (Delaware, black NJ giant, buff Orpington) in the super-hot-in-summer SoCal desert. I intend to keep them through the summer. They have a well ventilated coop (5 sq ft per bird) and an outdoor run (11 soft per bird). Most of the run has shade throughout the day. The base of...
  5. BorregoMike

    How do hens know which eggs to sit on?

    i have 25 hens and one busy rooster, all 6 months old. The hens started laying a couple weeks back and I now get 15 or so eggs each day. With all these hens laying, and with no idea on my part which eggs might be fertilized, how does a hen know? And if I get chicks will they be from one hen...
  6. BorregoMike

    Keeping chickens in extreme heat

    I have 25 hens, just beginning to lay, and one rooster, all 6 months old. I live in the SoCal desert and we will be seeing temps into the 100s in a month or so. By June we consistently will be in the 110 range and we can hit the low 120s. It’s like that until August when we get a monsoon...
  7. BorregoMike

    Cheep chicken “ hot tub”

    Chicken hot tub! I took an old truck tire cut out one side, lined it with some 2x4 ends to make it smooth and filled it with fine material. It took them about a week to figure it out but now they all use it for dust baths. Don’t show this to your chicks - they may want to move to my place.
  8. BorregoMike

    Bobcat!

    I pulled up to our house this afternoon and my chickens, I’ve got 30, were all loudly making a rhythmic cluck I’d not heard before. I looked over to their run, 24 x 16, and there was a bobcat slowly walking along the wire fence, about two feet from the fence. It did not look like it was trying...
  9. BorregoMike

    Catching chickens...without causing flock hysteria

    I’ve got 30 birds, all ten weeks old today, with 8 of them being red broilers who are ready to move to the freezer. The rest are a combination of things, some for meat and some for eggs. Isolating the red broilers in the run or coop, and grabbing them, causes total freak out in the whole flock...
  10. BorregoMike

    Using Corid

    I have one very sick bird out of a 30 bird flock of 6 week chicks. I suspect coccidiosis as the cause of the illness. The other chicks seem perfectly fine. As a precaution I added 2 teaspoons of corid per gal. of water for the flock. If it turns out coccidiosis is not the cause am I doing...
  11. BorregoMike

    6 week red broiler wobbly and won’t eat

    ive got 30 birds and they’ve all been fine. This morning I noticed one that did not run to the end of their run as all the rest did. It was reluctant to get up and it’s legs seemed really weak. As I went to pick it up, it got scared and tried to get away but it stumbled badly, fell over and...
  12. BorregoMike

    No winner, winner, chicken dinner for this coyote.

    5E75D0EE-4AA0-4B96-90FF-C2D64B783DCB by BorregoMike posted Nov 6, 2018 at 2:06 AMI first saw this coyote slowly walking away from the chicken run yesterday afternoon with a few chickens watching him through their welded wire fence. He walked to a nearby tree about 50 feet from the chickens and...
  13. BorregoMike

    One lonely chicken among 25

    I’ve got 25 chicks, all 4 weeks old and seem to be doing great. They are a mix of black jersey giants, red broilers, buff orpingtons, and Delawares. All of them seem to be doing well, eat, drink, play. But one of the broilers is always by herself, she even sleeps away from the others, doesn’t...
  14. BorregoMike

    Getting chicks to use nipple waterers

    I picked up my delivery of 30 chicks today and tried to get them to use vertical waterers. They wouldn’t do it. I brushed each chick’s beak against the nipple so they’d get the idea. They needed water so I put a shallow flat pan in the Brooder and they took to it immediately. But they walk...
  15. BorregoMike

    Anyone with experience with Kuhl feeder?

    Had anyone used this feeder from Kuhl? I like it because it looks like chicks will have a hard time pooping into their feed with the funnel-like hopper. Any suggestions for its use?
  16. BorregoMike

    Tips on using automatic water nipples with day old chicks?

    i have 25 chicks coming soon and I want to start them off with the nipples right away. I have a plan to make a waterer with PVC pipe. Should the nipples face straight down or horizontal? How high should they be? Head height? Do the require much force to work? Should I gently push each...
  17. BorregoMike

    Brooder in coop - questions

    I’m a newbie, planning to start with about 35 day old chicks in October - 2/3s red broilers and the rest buff orpingtons. Location is southern Calif. desert. I really don’t have the option of starting these chicks in the house ( BorregoMike’s spouse says NO WAY on that:) but I have a very...
  18. BorregoMike

    Borrego Mike’s Intro

    I Live in Borrego Springs, Ca. I am new to chickens but once raised turkeys in Idaho. I plan to start with 25 - 30 birds in Oct ‘18. I am mostly interested in meat. This is mostly “hobby”. I don’t really plan to save money be raising my own. I have 1.3 acres, mostly gravelly sand, no...
  19. BorregoMike

    Desert chickens

    I’m new to chickens but raised turkeys once in the past. I plan to get started this fall with chickens, 25 or so, but have a few questions. I will begin in october when temps are moderate and continue through our also moderate winter. 1. The location is SW desert, there is little point, I...
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