On Jan 2 I got a 2 week old Golden SexLink and a Barred Rock of the same age. The girls are inseparable and I was told to expect eggs around 6 months of age (ish).
Right now they're about 14 weeks and the GSL was caught "striking position" just now. She dug a little depression in the pot of an...
Thanks for explaining this everyone! I opted to modify my plans slightly and use a toilet fill valve, which was $7 vs. $60 for a low PSI pressure regulator. I will post a photo tutorial once it is done and tested, but basically I have the 5 gallon bucket with two holes drilled in the bottom. I...
I bought some supplies to make a PVC pipe waterer using the little nipples that release a drop of water when pecked. My idea is just a length of PVC with the nipples (I only have 2 hens), with one end of the PVC positioned through a hole in the coop. My garden hose is nearby and could be...
What a great coop! Question about your waterer - I am building a similar one by just buying the nipples and PVC pide, and attaching my garden hose. I see a lot of sites selling pressue regulators but I didn't see one on yours and wasn't clear if I need one between the hose and waterer.
Do you...
So OF COURSE because I was wondering last night about them getting up to roost... where did I find them today after work?
Guess they can get up there just fine! I'll just keep an eye for when they seem uncomfortably tight up there and build a larger coop or maybe an "addition" to the top to...
My six-week old little hen Nugget seems to have a very sweet, gentle disposition. She's very quiet and seems comfortable being held and snuggled. Since the day we got her at 2 weeks old, when she sits in my hand/arm she stretched her neck out seemingly as long as it can go and rests it on me. I...
Thanks - I guess I assumed they would be sleeping in the nesting boxes! But I sure don't want them pooping all over the egg laying area! There are two roosting bars up there, which are wooden pieces, I think they are 2 in by 3 in and run the length of the coop (long-ways).
I do have safety...
Oh my, I fear I have been poorly informed! The feed store said about 2 square feet each chicken is sufficient if they are free ranging a fair amount of the time. I guess I will just keep watching for a while and gauge.
Do you think the space is the issue with them not wanting to be on the...
Thanks! I was checking some pics I have of her and the legs look more pink to me.. they're the same as the golden sex links legs. So mayve the Cuckoo maran. I was confident the feed store said her breed started with the letter B though. I will try and get a clear pic in the daytime tomorrow that...
I have two hens and an A-frame bi-level chicken coop, which has about four and a half square feet of ground space on the bottom.
The coop is about 5 feet tall total also, and mid-way up there are two wooden beams for roosting and a little shelf piece that holds two laying boxes.
My hens are...
There are two in the photo, but we know the brown girl is a golden sex link. Can't recall what the breed of the black speckled girl is! Any ideas? Both are 1.5 months old in photo.
Thanks
Tara
Hey there everyone!
My name is Tara and I live in Houston, Texas... originally from Detroit, MI but I have been down south now for 8 years so it is home.
I am 25-days-a-chicken-owner, so guess that makes me very green here. I live in the city, so we have two little hens... names Noodle and...