My DW asked me to build a chicken swing in the run. Sure Dear I said all the while thinking this is crazy, chickens don’t like swings...
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After getting 6 peeps last week we had to go back and get two more... Golden Laced Polish and a Lavender Orpington. They quickly settled in with the rest of our new little flock. So 6 is really 8...
Our peeps are about 10 days old. Can we feed them meal worms? Or a better question might be how old before you feed your peeps meal worms?
Although I think Blue here could skip a meal ;)
Hello everyone, I’m an old member who has been absent for some time now returning as this is a great source for chicken info.
We have had several different flocks over the years with several different breeds. Today we are picking up some new peeps. 2 each of Buffed Orpington’s which are our...
We have 5 Buffed Orpinton's that are about 2 years old. Great layers and very friendly birds. Recently we introduced 5 Wyondottes that are about 16 weeks old. I expected a few skirmishes so as the Wyondottes grew we let them free range with BO's thinking it would help the introduction.
They now...
My new coop is near completion, just a few details to wrap up. This is my second coop and this time around I wanted to include some of my learnings from the first time through. I also researched many coops here where I found many great ideas, hoping I can return the favor by posting some pics...
We were out of town for a few days and had the neighbor kid take care of the chickens while we were gone. Returned this afternon and thought it was strange when I walked in back to check on the chickens and they all were in the coop. Went into the coop to collect eggs and noticed the girls were...
We got 6 BO peeps in the spring which were our first chicks, we did have some Hamburgs previously but we got them when they were a year old and they were already laying eggs. So the BO's have been fun and new to us as we watch them grow. Well of course we have been anticipating eggs and I have...
I built a coop and run that I thought was predator proof, for over a year no problems. This year we got new chicks in the spring and they have been doing well and as the nights remain warm we have been leaving the doors to the coop open. The chickens are still protected inside the run with...