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I make the trek to the coop @ dusk to spend the time to count, chat, dish out treats and generally check out their well being. There are two eight ft. 2x4s suspended from the rafters. Another roost that has 2x4s angled up to the wall and anchored to the floor with two roost boards about 4 ft...

Can't find the post. Someone on here bought a supposed straight run 2000 peeps. Was a female, she put them in her basement and through what I read in the thread there were something like 17 females and the rest were males. Was wondering about an update? If someone could post the thread that'd be...

Was thinking of using this truck container it's 20ft long. Mostly aluminum besides the one patch on the side, so no rusting. Store wood and an old Volkswagen in it now. Whacha think? Rear opens all the way up for those "Major clean up" times. My rooster..Popeye..trying to give me a thumbs...

At least on the east coast...to the folks that put their chickens up. It's about that time.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/birdbiosecurity/ Click on the calendar at the bottom of the page. Brochures, Posters, Calendars, Coloring Books and DVDs concerning Biosecurity all for the frugally minded folks - Free Edited for comment about rooster on page. and one scary looking...

Lost my favorite girl about 4 hours ago. Hit by a car. Hard stuff to take. The road is long and straight and a over 100 yds from the coop. I'd started some work outside and the crew was anticipating some logs getting turned for Rolli Pollies, as I did. Then I went inside to grumble to myself...

Seemed to me this was the appropriate forum, sorry If I'm wrong. Was reading the disease/cure forum just now about a "Wry neck" problem and read about the concern with nutritional intake which in itself makes sense. One prevalent treat my chickens go for is boxed cereal, mostly Honey Nut...

With Bio-Security as It is. Has anyone had success "borrowing" a rooster to fertilize some eggs to get some pure bred chicks? Pick of the litter sort of thing you see with dogs and cats. This is something I would say I wouldn't consider even with a quarantine period. Just scared for my girls...

Some of mine.... Popeye - My rooster got his name from his "Uck uck uck uck uck" reminded me of Popeye of Olive Oil fame...his chuckle. Floppy - Comb bent over in the back and flops back and forth while she's running. Legitimate candidate for Prozac. Delta - Another comb generated name the...

Both Momma hens seemed to have lost their bright red combs while they committed all their time to the nests. The peeps are over a month old now and the hens have had a week or so outside running around with them. My question is....Is this par for the course with a broody and do their combs...

RIR @ 6 months old. Laying on side with one leg seeming not functioning. No signs of trauma. As stated in subject - know that some moldy/runny in the bag carrots were put out in compost just yesterday. This morning things seemed normal. Noon found her in barn on her side. Checked around and...

Long story short. Had a hen I thought met its end. Today she's out and about with 14 youngsters. I've isolated her and her peeps in the nest section of the coop. There is another broody in this section on her own nest. Do I need heat? Seems they've lasted at least last nights 50 degrees with...

Wasn't expecting eggs for 2 weeks, all the gals are 18 weeks old. BR/RIR/JG <-----one of these are responsible for this mischief !! They're smaller than I expected even though I'd read somewhere here in this wealth of information that they start out laying them smaller.... Oh yeah...Peckin...

I pride myself on the indiscriminate nuking of the English language and it's raining hard here so I thought I'd take a stab at Latin..... Ego habere Pullis.......Ergo ego exsisto !!! Now you have to remember I've never taken Latin but I'm a lucky sort and feel confident I've laid it to...

Anyone know how long and what temp to bake wheat bran to effectively eliminate the meal moths and not ruin the wheat bran? Or a suggested reading source....

Have a Roo that will flop his head off to the side almost to his shoulders. Puts you in the mind of a swimmer thats knocking the water out of his ear or something like Weezie Jefferson when taking a stand to George shaking her finger and saying "oh, no you didn't"! with that head on a set of...

Thanks in advance, David

how bout this? try 2

2 roosters @ 9 months old, 19 hens*x'ing fingers* @ 3 months old..... Kept the best two roosters as best I could decide from many sources of info, here and elsewhere...ty very much. They aren't letting the girls out to free range. Not sure what the thinking would be here, it seems they're...

I have a rooster that Cock a do doodles 3 normal roosters and 1 that just doesn't seem to get it.