Wow I wish I had that much for a coop lol. I use alot of recycled materials and end up only having to buy chicken wire but give me 50 bucks of sheet tin 100 bucks in wire some old fence panels and a few 4x4 and 2x4 my options are limitless also I have slowly broken down and rebuilt broken down...
I have 5 cats on the farm and I have some free range frizzles silkies and other batsman my cats dont touch ive literally seen a 2 week old chick standing almost roost like on there back lol my momma cat one day my quail got loose off in the woods and she chased them down and brought back 2 out...
Ok thanks that's helpfull nice runs btw im also having a problem with standing water certain times of year and ya a bob cat and about 2 months ago I seen another one in the grove a mile away with two baby's. I trapped it twice and it escaped and it escaped twice out of a live trap and a Leg...
Cmom How much was it to put that hot wire all the way around that? And if u remember how many feet? I have a bob cat that got 50 plus chickens 2 dozen ducks and over a dozen turkey last year . I now only have roughly 200 sq feet of run that is fully fenced in
Ok ill try that but let me get it straight they have a top set of feathers and bottom on there wings. The bottom set will be longer on a female and more close to the same size on a male? Or vice versa?
Im going to be constantly hatching rir and I think im going to do a little "study"
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Is there any way of telling? I mean aside from venting im not willing to go that far lol if any of u have pics of young male and female rirs please post
Ok its rooting and I just got some black sunflower seed could I do straight sunflower? Does it have a sufficient nutrient in it how many dry lbs of seed for 30 plus chickens?
Anybody have a way of sexing 1 week old chicks I have 25 new straight run im hoping there 90 percent female I heard if u hold them by the scruff of the neck the males let there feet dangle and females raise them any experience?
Im new to this site but hope I can get some help. Ive been thinking of growing fodder but all I can find is rye seed. So I was thinking of doing the 5 gal bucket method but is that enough and is rye seed enough nutrients for my girls? I have 30 plus rir's and I live in polk county fl I have feed...