Hello, I noticed over the weekend that one of my silkies (she is just over a year old) was acting "off". Her pace was much slower and she walked with her wing down, almost paralyzed looking. I inspected her, no other visible signs of injury to feet or anything. I isolated her and did the "figure...
Just put our order in thru RMT farm today! Super nice people and I highly recommend them! We came so close to ordering from Murray McMuray yesterday. So glad we saw their post and decided to go local! Thank you again for taking the time with us today and answering all of our questions! I can't...
I covered my roost boards (which are 2x4s laying flat so that my girls perch on the flat 4" side) with indoor/outdoor carpeting. I got a huge roll of scap carpet from the Restore for $3. I wrapped it and secured with zip ties on each end so that it can be changed out! My girls LOVE their nice...
I couldn't find a 10" tin, but used a taller 8" one and mine works great! We had freezing temps here today and the water dish didn't freeze. I am very happy with it. We purchased an expensive heated waterer for our girls, but was not happy at all with the awkwardness of filling it and poor...
Here are my ladies! We adopted Hen first (she was just over a year old in July). Then fell in love with her and got two more, Ginger and Sugar (The Spice Girls). They were 6 weeks in July. Ginger graced us with her first egg yesterday! Woohoo!
Pics from July
First egg from my "teenager". This is Ginger's egg compared to her older sister "Hen" who has been laying for a while now already. I adopted Hen this past July and purchased 2 pullets shortly after. The Spice Girls, Ginger and Sugar, are 21 weeks. It was just like the forum said.....red comb and...
We are new to owning chickens and were planning on building a tractor for our girls, but hadn't given it much thought as we just got done renovating our shed to use part as our coop. I was driving one day and passed a snowmobile dealer with free wood shelling they use for the sleds out by the...