Okay one thing i have noticed about all of your replies are that for some reason you all think its a bad thing to be a hacherie bird, there isnt any thing wrong with having them they still make very good pets.
ok somebody really needs to sit down with my dolly and jackie they are getting it on well like rabbits, i think it was the pumkin i gave them who knew it was an afrodesack lol any ideas on the best way to raise chicks ? hot box or hen?
ok cool what i have done was i have one of those thermo cubes that only goes on if the temp drops to 35 and turns off when the temp goes up to 45. and for now its unpluged. By the way if any of you use electicity out side you should really think about getting a water resistant GFI they coast...
ah ok cool. this morning even tho it is still september in kansas it was really cold out side and jackie and dolly didnt want to come out of there coop is it time for a heat lamp and thermo cube ?
the most likely reason the tin lamp shocked you was that it was wired wrong, im an electrician and if you wire up a light socket up backwards instead of the button at the bottom of the socket being energized when the switch was turned on the threads were. witch means there has constant power...
My buff just started crowing this morning but sounded week is that normal ? hes around 25 to 30 weeks old. oh and he actualy crows when its time to wake up lol not 3 am or any other time. great alarm clock.
can you eat furtle eggs and what would be the diff ? granted i would love I mean love more chickens lol i got dolly madason jackie kenedy and martha washington and now i just have to get the rest of the first ladies.
Naw i think im just going to let you go over the egg (edge) on this one lol. i have got two or three chickens still thinking one is a hen but been told its a rooster. anyone know for sure ? oh and the pic is when he/she is only 13 weeks old and that was a mo ago. and if he is a he how do i...
all animals can become depressed. its a matter of life change or simple boardom, weather or not he needs some new hens or not i couldnt say. but at the same time he is a guy lol sorry for the stereo type but its true he is a guy and for any species the males are always trying to spreed his seed...
ok once again i find that someone has not read the original post. and starts in with there two cents with out being truely informed, my original post was that they get out for most of the day and are only in the coop at night or when im at work witch is again at night. so they get out for most...
yes they free range all day most of the time and the biggest preditor in my area is a house cat and they are scared to come into my back yard because i have a dog who really doesnt like cats lol. basicly its for them to sleep in at night and while im at work. other than that they are out in the...