Hello, ,my name is Laura and I live in the PNW, Gig Harbor WA. it's about 40 min. from Seattle. We have about 3 acres and have talked about chickens ever since we moved here. My husband and I call each other, Mr and Mrs Douglas from GreenAcres. We both grew up in the city, myself...
July, I bought a straight run and ended up with 2 hens and 1 roo. The rest were dinner. I have been thinking of introducing 2-3 more pullets into the mix but heard if they were really young one of my existing hens would take them under her wing and raise them. Has anyone else heard this? This...
So, my girlfriend says "don't worry the chickens will go back to the coop at dusk" It's dusk and they're having a blast jumping in and out. I told the dogs to put the chickens to bed, after all they are Australian Shepherds and are suposta herd.
2 Mallards land in the pond and see the...
I didn't know you needed to provide calcium. I live close to oyster beds, do you think there would be anything harmful taking the shucked shells from the water and drying them out?
\\My chicks are 5 weeks and just moved into their new coop. Currently I have the heat lamp in the coop. Do you turn the light on in the winter when it's in the 20's and 30's? assuming they're grown up by then or are they acclimated and don't require it anymore. at this point we don't know...
Hi KPN I live in Gig Harbor west of Tacoma. My chicks are going on 4 weeks. I have 12 in a play pen waiting for finishing touches to the coop. Boys/girls still don't know at this point. I started feeding them corn on the cob and now I'm their best friend. they let me pet them as before...
Hello,
I too live in Gig Harbor and just picked up my chicks from Port Orchard , a very nice couple that have a pottery and chicken business.
This is my first experience with chickens and actually got talked into it by my GROWN children who didn't have the space at their home.
We have 12...