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Would have to go buy such materials honestly. :idunno Being newly weds, we haven't even accumulated that much junk to pile up back there. Just keeping these fingers crossed that now that my boy Chip is gone (he's being commemorated in my profile pic currently), he'll think we don't have a...

My chicks liked toys in the brooder. I introduced toys to prevent fuzz picking and brooder boredom. Here are some ideas. You can take a pen and mark a few dots on the sides of their brooder. Specks will entertain them for hours. Find a small red ball. Or a grape/cherry tomato. (they...

Yes and no. We are on a street surrounded by ag zoned properties and farms. One farm having put up two chicken houses this last fall. Two $500K homes across the road from them are now up for sale. I guess the smell got to be too much for them, but what could they do? The built on...

Howdy! So glad you care about learning before jumping in! This forum is the BEST poultry forum out there. Please be careful, chickens are the gateway drug to farming. ;) Also, Chicken Math is highly addictive! :jumpy:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy

Since you are new to chickens, I'd like to build upon what Mrs K has already said. When we as humans see an animal being "bullied" by other animals, we feel sorry for it and try to baby it. What we need to understand is that often enough, the chickens KNOW why they are being mean to the other...

Sometimes the best chicken coop is a re-purposed building or gazebo. Just look at mine: (I'm hoping if you show mother this it will change her mind.) Oh, and the birds are all grown up and it still looks this good after a dusting and with a fresh layer of shavings. It never stinks and jaws drop...

Sounds super Posh! I'm going to be looking for a camera system very soon. Someone made some recommendations but I'll have to go back and search for those. I will be perusing Amazon today in fact. Yes. We have someone in our church who is state police and he actually came out when my coop...

I have been suspecting this and it saddens me deeply. We called them once since living here and I think it was the dispatcher telling them it was a firearm instead of a pellet gun. They may have felt as though we overreacted, when we didn't. I retreated into my house, called my husband, who...

That's an AWESOME Suggestion! I'll keep this in mind because potato pulling or otherwise dremeling down spurs can be a chore and a half.

They're a beautiful cross, I would say, nodding to either Ayem Cemani or Svart Hona. Definitely saw some Welsummer in them myself. Crosses or not, you can be proud of these! :cool:

I would say she is struggling, since she is staying inside the coop and up on the roost. But if they're not attempting to murder her several times a day, there is progress. Perhaps only time can tell you this? She may be on the bottom of the pecking order for a long while yet, and this can...

Integration is a lot harder than throwing a bird into a flock and hoping they'll all play nice. Your coop setup should, ideally, having two separate housing areas and runs for integration. I raised two different hatchery clutches in two separate runs where they could grow up seeing each other...

Welcome!! You do know that chickens are the gateway drug to farming, right?! Oh, and it's highly addictive. Something like chicken math begins to happen. Welcome to the community of unashamed poultry addicts. ;)

Because the neighbor filed a noise complaint and a policeman showed up at my door Wednesday to talk to me about it. He said the neighbor wanted to file a harassment charge next time because he can't sit out on his porch without hearing the birds crowing. I reminded him that we had been working...

By the way, I'm in Southeast PA now. :D

Welcome to BYC!! I think the answer on the egg sale protocol may have to be found in a legal document on private sales of animal byproducts?? Or... just follow what the industry does. Once an egg is washed it MUST be refrigerated since the natural protective layer has been taken off. You...

Today I'm taking my beautiful EE and my other Sumatra to an auction in Lancaster county. It's a sad day, but I'm keeping my other Sumatra until I can land a nice one from a breeder in this area. Got my eye on Dustin's Crystal poultry in CT. The folks in NJ never responded so I don't know if...

I was wishing I had access to one the other day, but I would have to spend a lot of time learning how to use it. I don't know anyone outside of my husband's family in this area, and they're dairy farmers. Busy and on a tight budget. No time for metal detecting. I'm really interested in that...