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I wish my chicken would be submissive to me! It seems like it would make it easy to pick her up, which I've never done without her freaking out, despite my being as gentle as possible. Instead she just runs up to me looking for food when she sees me, and sometimes if I'm barefoot mistakes my...

We had our two nearly grown pullets for about five days. I'm a late sleeper and we have a dog who is friendly to them but often out in the yard, so I left the door from the coop to the run open at night, thinking they might want to go down into the run when they wake up with the sun. I was a...

So the guy I bought these from said they would start laying in a "a month or two." At the time I didn't know that Jersey Giants can develop more slowly than other breeds so I assumed they were already 3-4 months. So now I'm wondering if there'sa way to tell how old pullets are? They don't have...

The bottom one could be a Black Jersey Giant. I've never seen a picture of a Black Australorp chick, but your picture looks a lot like the chick here: http://www.cbfsuperquail.com/BJerseyAbout.html Of course I think Jersey Giants are less common so it probably isn't one. Just saying it COULD...

If you want to join the bucket and pan together, one thing I tried that actually seems to have worked for two days so far is this: I used a screw gun to quickly screw the two pieces together, then I dripped wax on the bottom side around the screw to create a seal. My waterer is a half gallon jug...

I just got two Black Giant pullets. I really hope they don't take that long to start laying! Oh well, guess we will see.

Thanks you guys! You're all totally right I think. Winnifred finally used the ramp today and is back up in the coop. Theyre just chillin' and standing there, but at least I think theyre starting to figure out that they can go into the run if they want to. I'm sure theyre just getting settled in...

So today I bought two Jersey Black Giants who are probably about 4-6 months old. Maybe. That's question number one, I have no idea how old they are. They already seem like the size of a regular chicken but still don't have their combs yet. The guy I got them from said they were about two...

Hey everyone. I saw this swap meet on craigslist in Osteen on March 14, this saturday. http://orlando.craigslist.org/grd/1067444060.html I know a lot of people are going to the meet up in Ocala at Poison Ivy's house, but this is a good 50 minutes closer to me. I was just curious if any of...

When I found a law concerning me on the Orlando section of municode I used their search feature to search for poultry or chickens, and that came up with some relevant stuff.

Quote: Lol. This is even true when building a cheap coop. We salvaged or borrowed all of our plywood and roofing, and were hoping to only spend money on chicken wire. Well the chicken wire was 15 dollars and the screws and nails brought the total up to 28 bucks. Almost twice as much!

HappyHatch'en : Now listen folks, my artistic juices are flowing and I'm not trying to step on the toes of any one who thinks this picture is just junk....I believe it is art. I would love to have the front end of this car....look at that beautiful grill....They don't make a Buick like that...

Hey, I sent you both PM's but they don't show up when I look in my "sent" pm folder. Does that mean they didn't work? let me know if you get them!

We should just be putting the finishing touches on our coop tomorrow, and are in need of two or three good, laying hens. We aren't particular about breed but would just prefer some friendly hens who lay good eggs. We would also consider buying younger hens anywhere as young as two months old who...

What area are you in? I'm east of Orlando a bit and trying not to go too far.

Thanks for replying everyone. Like you mentioned Renee, since there are less breeds to choose from with hens I figured I'm going to end up taking whatever breed becomes available first. It would be nice if they were friendly, and I'd prefer regular sized eggs so Banties are out, but other than...

Hi, my girlfriend and I are new to chickens and we would like to start getting eggs as soon as possible, so originally we planned to buy some hens that were already laying, but we have also thought about raising chicks. What are the benefits of raising the chicks as opposed to buying hens? Will...