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I'm looking to buy an automated chicken door. Needs to be battery with possible solar like the Pullet Shut door. I'd like the timer vs the light sensor. I have seriously considered Pullet Shut but a guillotine style may work better for my new coop. Please tell me what you liked or disliked...

Just curious...why liquid and not tablet form? Is it cheaper? Easier to administer?

I'm treating sour crop in my English Orpington hen. I have an avian vet. She had her on lactose basically to lube her digestive tract, and I think you can order it online from Foster's and Smith. Also antifungal tablet, fluconazole. And an injection once a day at first. I'm supposed to feed a...

I'm no expert, and I have Orrington exclusively, but I think this one is being picked on as the newcomer. Feed her scrambled eggs separate from the others and see if you can get her to catch up a bit. As she gets weaker and falls behind they can see by the light reflected from the feathers that...

Thank you for putting the dosage in this post. I just happened to see one of my 9 week old pellets poop, it had stomach lining in it. May be normal, it was morning, but not taking chances. I have Corridor in my kit so put everyone on it. It's Saturday morning and the avian vet is not available...

Mine is in the testing stage. No original Igloo part on the inside. It would have floated off. The outside washers are a bit loose, should have had 4. I can't get the ball valve assembly any tighter. But it's holing water, very well sealed inside. It's going to sit all day until I have hardware...

Got a question The white piece that is from the cooler. Goes back inside. What keeps it on? Mine can go right back over the coupling on the inside.

FYI...Ace hardware has the grommets and rubber washers 1/8" thick. Those were the hardest items to locate.

So it looks like no need for the fiber gasket from Napa?! Good news! The store was sold out of Igloo coolers, I've seen the Rubbermaid ones with screw on lids but don't know if wall molding and hole size are identical so I'll keep looking for Igloo. I've wanted a cooler for water for a couple...

I use the rat proof metal treadle feeder. Haven't had any problems.

I have a dog watering bowl, the kind with thick walls that has gel inside so you can freeze it. I put that on a large Terra cotta flowerpot so it nestles in, and fill it with water and electrolytes from the fridge. They cannot perch on the edge, too big and slippery, so the water stays clean...

I know I'm late to the party, but I have my chick's and hens on water nipples. For the chick's I have them in a small animal cage from the feed store. It was part of their startrespective kit for chicks. As they grow I open the front door and attach a huge cardboard box and cover it with plastic...

I'm following this too. I'm in Sacramento, CA and we get hot summers. I currently have a 5 gal bucket with something similar. And have black pipe insulation over the hose that connects to the PVC with the nipples in it in the coop. I would like an igloo cooler though.

I'm in the same boat with a check half the size of the others. This happened last time I had chicks and that one lived 5 months, didn't mature like the rest, and she suddenly went downhill then died. The vet saw her when she took ill, gave her antibiotics just in case it was bacterial but she...

I read that chickens love banana peels (mine didn't) and then I read that chickens should never eat bananas (poisonous). I'm confused! I'd love to feed mine bananas! And I have yogurt (plain)...maybe I can make a cucumber mash for them to beat the heat? These are my first chickens...English...

I use the water nipples. As chicks, I started them with a half gallon milk jug with a nipple attached in the cap. I tapped the oldest chick's beak on it. She learned and showed the others. So when they went to the coop they got the nipples attached to a PVC pipe with a fitting to a clear tube...

All English Orpingtons: 2 Lavender 2 Black 1 Blue 1 buff cockerel for sale..

The nest box and a shelf are the same height. There won't be any higher points for them to jump off. It's the Kippen House design, if you Google it you will see some images of it. I have attached a run and will install a Pullet Shut door on a timer so they can go from the coop/run to the other...

Hi! I have my coop ready for when everyone is feathered out, but I am concerned about the cement paver floor causing bumblefoot in my English Orpingtons when they are fully grown. I plan on putting TSC flake shavings over it, using a poop board under the roosts, and they will have a dirt floor...

I have 11 English Orpington chicks from about 5 weeks to about 8 weeks. Different colors. Yours looks like a pullet. Sometimes they have have big combs and are still pullets, mine all came from hens with big combs, so I'm still holding out hope my only chocolate is a pullet. Your Orp is going to...