Well, my girls seem to be rather picky eaters. They only seem interested in eating their chick feed, grass, and bugs. I have tried all kinds of different treats and food stuff and they just dont seem interested. They are only 7 1/2 weeks old so I figure that has alot to do with it. Well, today I...
Without much thought, I said this tonight while I was closing up the coop. "Geeze girls, relax. Stop being chicken." About 2 seconds later I realized what I said and had a good chuckle over it.
Well, I'm trying to decide on a coup design but I have some questions first. Let say my flock gets some kind of horrible disease and I have to cull the entire group. If I have a wooden coup, is there some way of disinfecting it so it can be reused? Also, I plan on having the entire run...
Well, these were just labeled "Red Pullets" from TSC and I got their minimum of 6. Not too sure on the breed but im not gonna worry about it for now. I wanted a "test flock" to kinda get the feel for raising chickens before I put in an order for the breed(s) I want. They look like they are...
Greetings. I know Ive already posed 4 or 5 times already but just wanted to say howdy. I just got my very first batch of chicks today from TSC. Ive been researching chickens for a while now and with the help of serveral books and this website, I finally deceided to jump into the chicken madness...
While I was drinking my coffee and reading the morning news when I came upon this article. I think alot of people here might be interested.
http://news.yahoo.com/usda-let-industry-self-inspect-chicken-191142649--abc-news-topstories.html
Im willing to bet that one of your neighbors called and complained. Thats most likely why the officer came by to begin with. Unfortunately you're probably gonna have to go and defend yourself in court. This guy's "boss" will most likely defend his actions regardless if he's in the wrong or not.