My latest inventive idea came after realizing the other day that one can not scrape frozen chicken poo from the coop floor and knowing that it will soon be where there are weeks at a time where it does not get above the freezing point I had to do something different. So... I lined the coop floor...
I do not have light in my coop and now that it is getting dark earlier the chicks are all going to bed earlier...and getting up earlier
If I install a light and keep it on in the evenings will my beautiful roo sleep in? DH didn't mind 630am wake up calls so much, but not so happy about 5am...
My DH cut the yard yesterday and today I let the chicks out to graze and saw my Roo eat a piece of white mushroom stem. I didn't see it till it was too late and I am assuming the head of the mushroom got lopped off with the mower yesterday. I can not identify the shroom by it's stem and hubby...
So, last night sitting out on the deck a cicada came near. For those who may not know what cicada's are you can see pics of them here http://tiny.cc/ct6a7. They are a big bug-eyed bug that chirps loudly when bothered. So I took it and put it in a container thinking the chicks would have fun in...
I wanted to share my experiences with my BMB's and tried to make a Breed Page, but the BMB is not in the available list and I did not see any way to add them. Any suggestions?
I have had the chicks for 2 to 3 months roughly. I'm not sure of their ages, but none of the chicks are laying yet. I think I may have two or three Roo's.
I hope you can help me decide as I only want one
* Here's Moe: Rose Comb Rhode Island Red (hoping it's a roo)
Moe tends to act with...