When it gets really hot the wife puts a homemade chicken AC in the run with them. Take a small (about 13 gal) trash can and lay it on its side. Put a frozen gallon jug in it. The chickens will go inside the trash can and stand by the frozen jug. We also have fans and the main coop has a ceiling fan.
We have a BO hen that is just weird. She went broody so we set 12 eggs under her. She broke two and pooped on the rest. We candled them anyway and put the 4 that looked like they had growth in them under her. 2 hatched and 1 of those 2 died. Then we took the rest of the eggs away and put some...
In the big coop (12' X 16') we have 27 chickens (RIR and BO hens and pullets) for 7.111 sg ft per chicken. They have 4 yards they use for runs on a rotating basis. Two of the yards have a perimeter fence of 364', and the other two are 264'. Never really calculated the square footage, but...
My wife must be the odd one here. She uses waterless greaseless vaposeal cookware. She folds a paper towel in half and places in in the pan, covers the paper towel with water. (4-5 tbsp maybe) Then places the eggs in the pan and cover. Cooks on high 2 minutes, turns to med low for 30 minutes...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/25131/m-i-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-ahh-nevermind-mississippi is one MS thread. I've found 3 so far, counting this one.
We get our honey from a local beekeeper. Generally we get a gallon, sometimes we buy 2. It's $38 a gallon now, it's gone up some since we started buying it.
Works wonders on rashes. Had a rash on my leg that wouldn't go away. Applied honey for a few days and it was all gone.
I believe the...
Hi all,
I'm Eddie from MS. I'm married to Kelly's Chickens, so my info should be about the same as hers.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
May 09
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
47 (I think)
(3) What breeds do you have?
RIR, BO, and a mutt...
Speaking as a man, I'm wondering if he realizes that he is making things more difficult for you. My wife (Kelly's Chickens) is the one who wants chickens. I just try to make her happy. I build coops. I dig ditches to run electricity and water to coops. I make money so we can spend it on chicken...