Looking for reputable Black Marans stock. I am not interested in Black Copper Marans. If anyone has more info that would be great. I would be interested in birds or eggs. Thanks:)
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW... I made one of these 5 gal bucket feeders with the 3" elbows. My rooster could not get the food!!! Make sure the openings are big enough to accommodate a rooster's comb if you have one! My mistake ended badly. I don't want it to end badly for anyone else...
I set shipped eggs as well as some of my own at the same time... I ended up with 6 of the purchased eggs with blood rings. All of my eggs look fine. I looked it up "blood rings" and it said that it could be that the eggs were old. Is that true? I have hatched shipped eggs before with good success.
For years I had used a regular 3 gal waterer set on top of a "light bulb tin"(not sure if that's really what it's called) and it would work good except for the real cold(-10*/-20*) temps. After much reading on various chicken pages of waterers, I decided on the 5 gal bucket with horizontal...
For years I had used a regular 3 gal waterer set on top of a "light bulb tin"(not sure if that's really what it's called) and it would work good except for the real cold(-10*/-20*) temps. After much reading on various chicken pages of waterers, I decided on the 5 gal bucket with horizontal...
I have sand in the run and I use pellets (deep liter method) in the coop and nest boxes. I clean it out prob 3-4 times per year. Very easy. Never ammonia smell. Easy!
Thanks Sally for info! But no Ameraucanas:-( I have contacted Louden Farms and BJ's poultry. No responses... It's been 2 wks. I would really like to have them to do the hatch a long with you guys:-) I'm going to keep trying
I have a door at the ends of the run and coop. There's also a door on side of coop for cleaning, ect... I put ventilation under the whole length of roof on the coop. I've never had any trouble with anything. My only thought is that next time I'll do a touch smaller side windows and I'll add...
I build my coop at the end of a building. I sloped the dirt away from the building... The slope drops about 6-8" from the building to outside of run. I then built the coop. There is wire all the way around the bottom of the run. I then filled the are with coarse sand(it had small pebbles in...
Thanks for the info. I will check each egg when I set them. I am setting Lav Marans and Lav Ops tonight. I am still on the lookout tho for some Lav Ameraucanas...