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I have holes in the bottom of my plastic bins, but I still pour the water from the side initially and use a screened collander to catch the seed that is still loose.

I agree but it's been necessary this winter to save them. I still lost one because it flew out of the yard early evening and something got it by morning. I found one other out. Now I have 3 and only 1 or 2 are females to start another flock this summer. I'm putting fishing wire over the yard as...

I have a small heating pad on low. They are very active all the time when it is on. Good suggestion.

The hassle I was refering to was the retraining of grown birds. I would not want guineas that have to remain caged all day. I like to watch them, they eat ticks, and of course have a better diet and eat less store bought food. I have mine in now because the few I have left are getting killed...

Agreed, concerning the hassle. My last flock lost the mom and 4 youngin's when about 4 mos old. The rest became like unruly juveniles, unwilling to come home to roost. I had to corral them at their 4pm natural feeding time as they made the loop back home. As I got down to 8, I culled 4, and left...

My experience is that they will lay on the ground only. Not any kind of area that is off the floor. Even letting mine out every day the hen did lay in a nest that was under just a board laid up next to a wall , with hay underneath, that was in a corner of their pen. They look for some kind of...

Walmart has become predatory. It eliminates all small business in small towns. They sell junk, and once they remove competition remove the goods that were competitive so the product is not available and continue to exchange for lesser quality on everything. I have no respect for them. They are...

The cheapest I found on line for barley is $.89/lb. Organic. They also offered flat price shipping of $7.99. Just shop around. I was not looking for organic necessarily. If I was buying the grown wheat I would be concerned about organic, but not the seed. Bulk is always cheaper. My farmers coop...

This is interesting. I bought steam Krimped oats, kind of by mistake and decided to give it a try. The bag says 10% protein which I realize is very low. They will not ferment, but I tried and gave it to them after soaking. No go. So I poured them dry into their feeder. They did eat a fair...

This is the "after" photo. The "before" is below. After reading through many threads I started making changes to their home, as well as feed...Here, I have moved the closer post even with the back post. Then, I added a poop board with PDZ. I am THRILLED with the results. It is 'cobbled' as we...

Does anyone know if crimped oats would work for the beetles alone? If not, I can use rolled oats, but bought the krimped kind of by mistake. I heard "steamed' and went for it. I plan to feed to chickens with other feed for now.

I read the mealworms like oats and it may be especially easier to use oats with the beetles because it is easier to separate them out. However, here is the question. Is there a difference in what kind of oats? I got krimped oats to ferment for the chickens. Would these work for the beetles or is...

I used a plastic container that was about 2x the size of a shoe box and put in a good layer of peat moss, then a mix of wood ash and sand. So far, I only see a large pile of poop on it. No marks of any activity... ?

You sound like you are using the 3 drawer method if there is sifting of the eggs. Is this the top of 3 drawers?? Do you think freezing the bran for several days will be the same? If not I will have to use the oven, no microwave in the house...

I have not had them long enough, but was told the Buff Orps are good brooders. I'm expecting the oldest of the 2 hens to go broody. Her eggs are distincly different, larger than the younger hen. I do not mind building a nesting and brooding area under the poop board. How do I get her there...

Me too. I started the wheatgrass , fermenting of grains and ordered mealworms. Just a note, I've spend hours reading through the lists of posts on all these but after buying a few containers and getting started I see how I want to adjust it all, especially after rereading the posts. So, if you...

Be sure to put water and rocks into the dog bowl before you set your regular waterer in it. It kicks on automatically when the temp. goes below 32 degrees and hold the water at 50 degrees.

Says it is to be used with double walled something.... I got a heated dog bowl from TS, put rocks in it and water and set my regular 1 gallon plastic waterer on it all. I did need to put it all on top of 2 large rocks to keep them from kicking shavings and straw into the base which gets stinky...

I am very much a newbie but I will tell you my experience. These are much louder than a rooster. I am very much in the country, or at least a small mountain town and everyone I told I was getting guineas scrunched up their nose. Why? Because of the noise. It sounds a little like geese. Loud...