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  1. WAchick

    Any harm feeding chicken dead mice?

    They definintely don't mind it dead (thawed). I finally tossed a snake reject to them and they LOVED it. Startd a whole chase going. I could toss them live baby mice but I don't feel like I should encourage their blood-thirstiness.
  2. WAchick

    Mealworm farming

    Got a question about mealworm farming so hopefully this is the right thread to add to instead of starting a new one. Is there a good way to separate the frass from tiny worms and eggs? I move the wheat bran (containing eggs) from the beetle bins and add them to my worm bin. So my worm bin...
  3. WAchick

    When to harvest americauna?

    I definitely have a cockerel on my hand. He's is 3 months old. When is a good time to harvest it? I am looking good size yet tender when roasted. Thanks.
  4. WAchick

    Any harm feeding chicken dead mice?

    I'll give it a try next time and see what happens. Among 13 of them I think at least 1 would like it. I'd prefer to give them dead ones instead of live mice, just doesn't feel right. As I am typing this I have a litter of mice being born right now.
  5. WAchick

    Any harm feeding chicken dead mice?

    Does size matter? Something they can swallow in 1 "bite" like a pinkie better or a hopper which they might have to tear apart?
  6. WAchick

    Any harm feeding chicken dead mice?

    I have mice to feed my snakes and they are having too many babies. Any hard if I feed my extra defrosted baby mice to the chicken? Would be make them more vicious? Thanks.
  7. WAchick

    Chicken nipples messes, is it just me?

    Thanks! I have it at about eye level, 16" high (sitting on top of side way cinder blocks.
  8. WAchick

    Chicken nipples messes, is it just me?

    I put in a few chicken nipples (from cconly.com) in a 5 gallon buckets. The chickens took them to immediately. However they seems to be rather messy waterer. Everytime the chicken "drink" from them some water would drip down to ground. Am I doing something wrong? Obviously the nipples...
  9. WAchick

    How much deep litter should I plan for?

    Thanks. My coop is only 3 feet tall, so I can I'll try to make it as deep as I could.
  10. WAchick

    How much deep litter should I plan for?

    I am building my coop, and am probably going to use the deep litter method. I am wondering how deep should I plan for for the deep litter? I want to make sure my nest boxes are high enough. Thanks.
  11. WAchick

    greenish legs

    Phew, maybe there's hope for my EE/Ameraucana chick. It is massive with noticibly thinker legs than everyone else, even the other EE. I like that chick a lot, so fingers crossed.
  12. WAchick

    Black sex link has really short wing feather?

    I don't remember what hatchery my feed store order them from, but I don't think it is Belt. She's still growing well, seems completely healthy. Her feathers are getting longer, but still only at most 1/2 the length of any other chicks. Looks a bit comical because of her large body yet chick...
  13. WAchick

    Black sex link has really short wing feather?

    I got her on 3/9 so I estimate to be 2 weeks old. She's growing ok, her body is longer that younger ones, just no feathers.
  14. WAchick

    Black sex link has really short wing feather?

    I'll try to take some pictures after work. Might be hard to see since she's all black.
  15. WAchick

    Black sex link has really short wing feather?

    I have a bunch of different breed chicks, and the only black sex link has really short wing feather. Is it normal? No one else look like that, the wing feathers are only 1/8" longer than the fuzz and it looks like she has no feather. All others have long wing feathers. Very odd. She seems...
  16. WAchick

    Selecting Silkie chick

    I saw a bunch of silkie chicks, and noticed some are definintely fluffier than others. Does the fluffier ones a good indication that the adult would look nicer (they are all hatchery chicks)? I can definintely tell the difference that some has a beard and other dont. Thanks.
  17. WAchick

    Newbie design

    wilbilt, you remind me why 5' not that bad also. I can use 12' roofing panel and cut it in half to cover the 5' wide coop/run with overhang. Cannot do that with 6' coop/run.
  18. WAchick

    Newbie design

    I want to do 6'x12', but I am limited by space. 4'x12' is not big enough for the number of chickns I want. I am not too concern about materials, there are so many irregular shorter pieces I'll need anyway based on the design. And I'll always need an extra sheet of plywood to make the nest box...
  19. WAchick

    Newbie design

    Thanks for the welcome vclark321, I am over in Redmond where the local ordinance just changed last Dec to allow chicken in smaller lot. I am much more ventilation than your coop. I am so concern about moisture since I have no sun at all in my yard to dry anything up. On the other hand I am...
  20. WAchick

    Newbie design

    Yes, I want to put the roost away from the door. Although I am a little concern about putting the roost too high and close to the top venting area. There's 1'5" of space from the top of the roost to the bottom of the screened vents area. is that enough for chicken to be out of the draft?
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