We put our feed in a large round plastic barrel, but with the cover turned upside down to form a bowl, and put a small amount of hay on top, the girls love to roost in it and lay eggs in there too.
An original Australian chicken joke: What jumps around all day and crows about it in the morning?
A kangarooster
I am neither australian or aboriginal but have that dreaded chicken disease, too many roosters. What to do?
How am i a newegg now when I've hatched so many, been lonely too long?
I originally signed up as compuchicken, but switched to avoid confusion on my gender. I haven't been on here much lately but really miss it, will have to try and join in more often... thanks for the newsletter reminder, BYC!
There's not many choices near Franklin area, but I liked and would recommend the place that did mine a couple of weeks ago, $3 per bird.
Lavado's Poultry Market
281 Coggeshall St, New Bedford, MA
(508) 996-8765...
Well that was a fun read, great posts everybody!
I actually initially signed up as compuchicken, but then I realized that most people thought I was a female, as I found out when using this site's chatroom.
So, I emailed a request to have my name changed to compuroo. The "compu" prefix is...
Well, it was just a joke, glad you liked it.
Here's another:
How about a "Chicken Psychology" forum?
We could discuss things like:
"Are chickens raised under a mother's feathers happier, smarter and more productive than those shipped mail order at birth?"
"Does the presence of a roo have...
I've just finished building our new coop, and left about an extra foot of chicken wire overlapping the perimeter walls, but have not buried it yet.
My question is, does the wire have to be buried to prevent digger predators from getting in? Or can I just leave it laying at ground level...