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As for Styrofoam I know it is not safe to have around ducks or chickens. While eating 4 half sides of grapevine and rose bush winter protection covers, does not hurt them, it results in killing the poor plants that were not covered in the snow months.

they grow really fast, you can butcher pekins at 8-10 weeks. as for the feather thing... they may do that when they start getting new feathers, as miss lydia stated "boredom". as for letting them free range, i get mine introduced to the other ducks and chickens at 5-6 weeks, we do this with or...

we hatch all the time. in the last batch we did this summer we did 40 in our incubator and let a freinds hen brood 6 more. we have always had tremendous success with over a 90-95% hatch rate every time. i think this is due to keeping our hen/roo ratio of 10:1, setting the eggs within a few days...

whenever i introduce young ones to the big roost we have this issue a few days until the pecking order gets establised. go out and see what the roosting situation is at night. see who is squating in the nest boxes. adding more roosts, up higher is probably going to solve the problin. another...

we call our meat birds "nuggets". I grew up raising and showing livestock that sometimes ended up on our table. processing the animals was a part of that. the best advice I can give to someone that did not grow up on a farm is to gain some understanding about this whole process. my wife is...

i do not think egg sexing is possible. we can tell what chickens lay what eggs in our flock. the size, color, shape, and even dimples on the eggs are the same day after day. we have also had some of these traits of our hens eggs passed to their offspring, which debunks this whole theory as the...

we let our chicks out in the yard with the big girls at like 3 weeks, during the day. at night they go into our grow out coop for another 2 weeks or so. then i put them into the big roost at night, sometimes it has to be done 3 or 4 times as they camp outside the grow out coop. lol. they always...

for lice we do checks weekly and treat as needed. for mites i use vasiline on the combs/waddles and legs once a month or as needed. it suffocates the mites. this prevention seems to take care of any issues, and has a secondary effect of keeping their combs soft and healthy.

she is trying to hide a clutch so she can start brooding them. they build up eggs before they sit on them. mine have a spot in the coop they all lay eggs in. they bury them to hide them. we tried letting one sit on a batch, but she didnt have success. we have better success in our incubator. if...

If you did not feel anything from the thought of ending a life, I would say you should get some indepth counseling. Having an experienced person to be with you your first few times may be very helpful. My wife still has a hard time with the actual dispatch, and has yet to be able to do it. I...

If you have any skill with tools stay away from those overpriced prefabs. I built our 10th predator proof run roost for $500.00. We have had 20+chickens with no problem.

Looks more like a prison then a rec area. I would remove the tile and fill it in with good soil some ash and some sand

Landscaping the area so the water runs away from the coop is the best plan. You may need to put in somesondage tile also. Sand and wood chips are going to be a disaster.

I use 1/4 " Hardware cloth on my coop and run. The hardware screen is buried around the run/roost 10-12" deep. We made Brick planter boxes around it also. The run is predator proof and we lock them in at night. We have a 5' welded wire paddock they use in the day. They also free range when we...

was the original roof dipped that bad? did you run new boards aside the existing trusses for the metal roofing you put on? as long as the structual integrity is sound it will be fine. it looks like the walls of the run are set in the ground good. was it added on, did the foundation sink, or did...

here is a simple drawing i used stuff i had around, one is made out of 3/4" plywood the other a combo of plywood and boards. a good cut list would be 40 x 18 - back 31 x 18 - front 4 x 18 - front tray 16.5 x 7.25 - bottom of tray 9 x 16.5 - for angled inside piece 20 x 10 and 7.2 x 16.2 -...

this is the feed box this is the new corn box the lid just sets on top the boxes hold an entire 50# bag of food. i just check it every few days. *important note* the tray on the bottom needs to be about 4" deep when i first made it i had a 1" lip and came home to find a whole bag on the...

we have pekins, there is a big size difference and they are just fine with our hens. our drake will try to herd our chickens and dog away from us if we are feeding treats on the patio. It doesnt do much good as there is only one of him to 30 of them, but there is never been a problem. he has...

I have a dirt floor in the run and put the water in the corner on a cinder block so it is up like 6" off the ground. I rinse and fill the waters daily. The pvc pipe with nipple had algae issues too, but is harder to clean. Our chickens also have access to a stock tank and a duck pond in their...

I made 2 boxes that hold about 60# of feed or corn. It tapers at the bottom with a trap for the chickas to eat at will. I have them inside the run so it is secured to everything but mice, and mice do not last to long in our run. I will try to post a pic later