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That's so great you shipped Icelandics out to Dilly! I had to do a double take when I read that...I fish out of there in the summer and always love driving past their house and seeing their birds out in the big pen. There's not a lot of livestock out there, shoot there's not a lot out...
Sounds like the temperature is just about right, and they will keep feathering out as they age and it's gets cooler. Just watch for any drastic changes (as can happen in fall) and monitor their behavior, i.e., huddling means their cold, panting means their hot. I kid, but it's super hot where...
Can you post a pic? How does it smell? (I know, totally gross.)
I completely freaked out when I discovered the infamous cecal poop, which can have a slightly...terra cotta look to it (and oh, does it stink). I don't have any experience with cocci (thankfully), but from what you're...
Absolutely gorgeous coops! *green with envy* And I love the chicken crossing sign, that's so cute. Also, agree with the previous poster about the solar lights, nice touch.
That's fascinating about your foxes, suki'smom. I know nothing about domestic foxes...hmm, in fact, I know very little about wild ones either, but I love all animals so it's cool to hear people's experiences with them.
Am I allowed to ask what you raise Blatta Lateralis for? Is it for the...
Awesome, can't wait to hear the final results. I love DE, it's amazing stuff and the feed store where I live can barely keep it in stock.
A little OT, but I think it's pretty cool you have foxes AND chickens.
Can you post a pic? Her whole head was covered in blood? Is there any way a predator could of scared them and the hens got caught in the chicken wire (happened to my chickens once). From your description, it sounds like perhaps they got into a tousle, either with themselves or something else...
Any chance you can board up the windows?
So sorry to hear about the weather; wishing you all the best. Ugh, that sounds so lame and ineffectual
but it's true.
The only reason I don't like keeping my compost near my chickens is I'm afraid it will attract nefarious creatures (even tho we only compost plant matter, we live in predator-landia and coons will eat anything). Otherwise I think it's great and like another poster mentioned, the chickens get in...
Weird, is there anything else they could be attracted to? Is there a garden nearby, or anything with moisture? Is it really warm where you are? Reason I ask is because obviously flies will lay their eggs in anything, and if it's warm they will hatch like crazy. What about setting up a fly...
What breed of chickens are they? I've had to show my chickens how to roost before, usually only took a couple nights before they figured it out and did it themselves. And then my boyfriend brought home three beautiful (and ginormous) adult silver laced cochins. Um, they could barely walk up...
I remember reading in one of my chicken books somewhere that you could keep 3 day old chicks with up to 3 week old chicks, but in my experience, this was not the case. I'm no expert, but obviously the babies have different temperature requirements, need more sleep, are less (how shall I say)...