Hey everybody, thanks in advance for your answers. I bought four salmon faverolles, one didn't make it, I have three left. Out of the three, they all look a little different so it's hard for me to say with certainty who I heard roosting this morning. Two have beards, one does not. One with a...
Hey everybody I’m sure it’s been asked an answered but hey why not start a new thread haha. So, for all of our adult layers we’ve fed 18% layer crumble. Recently the feed store advised us to switch to a 16% cage crumble due to them all being 4 or 5 years old and that the lower protein would...
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So I am running my first batch of meat birds. Something I've been wanting to do for years and logistically have the time/space to do it. For anyone interested I will be updating this thread throughout the process with information I have been thinking about in the planning stages. I...
So I am in the design/ brainstorm phase of a coop trailer/tractor. I assembled the trailer today from harbor freight. 40"x48" area for the coop.
Here is the trailer:
Here is a larger size of what I am going to, this picture is of a 48x96 trailer:
So here is my biggest question so...
Alright so I'm wanting to raise some meat birds for my family and friends. Before I get into the questions, for starters, I'll give my background a little bit. Live on one acre on the central coast of California, hunting and fishing background so the processing doesn't bother me etc it's just...
Hey All...Just thought I'd share a coop I just built for some folks. I've been advertising in classifieds where I live for custom built chicken coops etc. This was my first order. The price was $900...thoughts on the price for the product? There are some very similar coops out there but not...
So the other afternoon I opened up the door to the backyard and only one of my two RIRs came running over to the door as usual to greet me. I became curious as to where the other one was so I started looking around and found her in a little bowl they dug behind a rose plant where they dust...
Alright folks, so here's what we have. I have two Rhode Island Reds that free range my backyard (tract home). There is a large pepper tree, an orange tree and 3 large rose bushes for cover. For the better part of two months now I have had what appears to me to be a small probably juvenile red...
Has anybody ever had cat problems? How did you deal with them? Today all my hens and quail were going nuts in their run, which is open to the whole yard during the day, because of my neighbors cat stalking them all. I grabbed the BB gun and shot it in the butt and off it went and I haven't...
So I'm new to this website and to chickens in general, but check this out. Here's a video of my yard where the chickens roam all day. Right now they're still feathering out, but love being in the sun. I have two yellow labs that love them and keep an eye out for predators...the coop I built...
Ok so I was able to get a hold of the municipal code for my city. I did a text search in the electronic document for chickens and returned with 0 information. Next I tried poultry and this is what I was able to find.
Sec. 5.12.700. Livestock fences.
Every owner, keeper, custodian or...