BSOLUTELY amazing!!! Your coop and "family" are beautiful and I hope you have years of pleasure with it. My coop is also named "Coop DeVille", but that is because I live in Deville, Louisiana. Does anyone know is there a way to archive this or save it. I would love to show my husband who is out...
HELP!!!! MY two year old Delaware hen came tome Monday evening with her eye completely shut. She was clucking low and seemed to be in some distress. She was under my porch and there were no other birds around. I was on the tractor so I did not see what happened.
Anyhoo, had just enough time...
Happy Spring Everyone!!
I just picked up my baby guineas at the local feed store two days ago. While I was there, I could not resist getting a few more pullets. I now have 6 baby guineas, 3 silver laced wyandotte's and 2 buff orpingtons chirping away at me in their office "brooder" Things...
Thank you Celie for the advice on the crickets, I will get her some tomorrow. There could be a combination of things.. She is sitting on eggs right now , but has recently ventured off for a few minutes outside (the past two days) Every time she does she gets chased by Pete (Miss Pete) I was...
Thanks to everyone for the information so far!! I now realize I need to remove Miss Margie's eggs as they are not fertile.
But I would like some advice on "breaking" her of the her sitting instinct and reintroducing her back to the flock of 9 chickens and Pete (Who is actually a female...
Hi Sarah,
My name is Susan and i live in Deville, La outside of Pineville/Alexandria. Two Christmases ago, my husband bought me Storey's "Raising Chickens" He had been talking chickens for awhile back then.and I was a little apprehensive..He was away at work when he emailed me and told me he...
That's an interesting idea!! Have you tried it before? My husband actually mentioned something along those lines, except, i have always wanted guineuas, so he said I should get some guineau chicks. Do your turkeys get along? Mine used to be inseperable until Margie went off to sit on her...
Hello everyone!!
I am so eager to explore this site. I have had my 9 chickens for almost two years now, but consider myself a newbie. I am always fussing over them and worrying!! The locals consider a crazy city girl , trying o be a country girl making pets of her birds! I can't exactly...