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  1. Iowamom

    MARYLAND THREAD!

    Hi, I just moved back to Bowie, MD this summer (this is where I grew up) and am dismayed to find out that it is not legal in Prince George's county to raise chickens in your backyard. I am bummed! I spent the last 3 years in Iowa and have grown quite fond of fresh eggs and my girls loved...
  2. Iowamom

    Bleeding chicks

    Ranchhand - that is a good idea on how to separate the pecked on ones. I was able to get a great second brooder container today so I am going to split them up tomorrow, but putting in an oven rack will keep the two injured ones separate so they can heal. I actually put them back in today...
  3. Iowamom

    Bleeding chicks

    I'm keeping an eye on the temp - currently 80. But it sounds like my brooder is just too small for all those birds. I have them in a container that is 42 3/4" x 22". I guess that once we get past this cold weekend, they will go out in the coop where they will have plenty of room to spread...
  4. Iowamom

    Bleeding chicks

    Well, I have had to pull two of my 3 week old chicks out of the brooder because they have been picked on their wings until they were bleeding. I have a red heat lamp for them, so maybe my brooder isn't big enough. Can anyone tell me how much floor space you need for 24 chicks? I may just have...
  5. Iowamom

    I did it! No more mean roo. :(

    Quote: That is very creative and I will keep that in mind. I wasn't sure I would be able to handle the blood aspect of the killing. When I dispatched my roo, I held him upside down by his feet, then lay his neck down on the ground, laid a rake pole across the neck, stepped on the pole on...
  6. Iowamom

    How to clean up the run?

    Hmmm...my run is an old horse stall. There is hay down on the dirt. So maybe I just wait til it looks messy then rake it out and throw down some more? That is what I will try. I can just add the poopy hay to my compost pile.
  7. Iowamom

    My pullets and their nestbox...

    Sounds adorable! I just snapped a pic of two of my girls in the nest boxes today. Yes, you must carry the camera with you - you never know when there will be a chicken kodak moment.
  8. Iowamom

    The REAL Wild Sky - pic's

    Awesome pics - we had skies like that this morning over Des Moines. I was heading out with my kids to go play with some kids from church. I was snapping pictures with my cell phone and the clouds had that same coloring. Then when I got out to the main road north to Des Moines I could see a...
  9. Iowamom

    How to clean up the run?

    Quote: I have been wondering about that myself. There is so much about keeping the coop clean, but what about the run??
  10. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    Quote: They get sun through the open wall which faces south. In fact, several of them were taking dirt baths there this morning and catching some rays.
  11. Iowamom

    What should I name my coop?

    Quote: Hey, that would combine well with my earlier suggestion for: The Itty Biddy Barn
  12. Iowamom

    (UPDATE - REHOMED!) Iowa chickens needing a home - free

    Looks like there are a couple people who can take the chickens, so they should be rehomed very soon. Many thanks to those willing to help out!
  13. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    Those are called chicken saddles. They came with the flock because the Rooster, Randy, is apparently appropriately named. They keep the hens from getting torn up when he jumps them - which is a regular occupation of his.
  14. Iowamom

    What should I name my coop?

    How about the Chook Nook or the Itty Biddy Coop.
  15. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    Quote: We are planning on putting a concrete skirt all around the perimeter. I don't want to take any chances.
  16. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    As I was saying.... My chicken run is a converted 10x20 stall attached to the side of our barn. It has 2 sides that are covered with metal siding and the third side we put up hardware cloth. Does anyone know - will predators try to dig under metal walls or only where the fencing is and they...
  17. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    Sorry! Somehow I was working on the post and it got posted before I was ready! lol...gimme a minute for the pics. They just got uploaded on photobucket.
  18. Iowamom

    Pics of Cluckville ;

    My chicken run is a converted 10x20 stall attached to the side of our barn.
  19. Iowamom

    Show off your roosts!

    Being new to chickens, I may not be the best to answer this. I was just going to let them fall where they may and do the deep litter method. But Ma was telling me they had a dropping table and how it made it really easy to keep the coop clean. So I did a search and started reading different...
  20. Iowamom

    Help with adding avatar

    thanks - let's see if I can get this done now! It worked - thanks so much!
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