So, today I got off work early due to the excessive heat warning. Hurried home because I had a terrible feeling about my 27 Cornish X birds. They had a fan and a mister outside the window of their enclosure as well as my SIL came over to give them new water at noon. I wasn't so worried about...
Well, the weather here in central Arkansas has been in the 100's with a heat index of over 105. Now rethinking trying to raise Cornish X in the heat, but too late now Been reading all kinds of ideas how to keep the chicks cool (they are 2.5 and 1.5 weeks old), so last night froze a block of...
Today I scored 80' of cyclone fencing from work! I'm going to build my chicken run around the "almost finished" chicken coop. To complete the set up I built an automatic watering system with drinking cups from "Colored Egg Farmer" (BTW, he is a pleasure to do business with and gives you an...
Hi, I'm Janet and have had small flocks of chickens off and on for many years. Live in Arkansas with 8 year old son, 3 houses down from 28 year old daughter/husband, 9 year old grand daughter, 1 rescued dog, 1 shelter cat, 1 "regular" cat, 4 RIR hens, 1 Black hen, 2 white hens, 5 EE, 1...