He started to develop small black spots like frost bite, but it was 89 degrees here. I loosened it up and they disappeared after a few days. He is a bit louder now, but I don't mind as long as he stays healthy.
They are so funny to listen to with the collar on. Just a heads up for anyone new to the collar. .I put one on my young rooster. I had it so he still crowed but quieter. He was fine with it for awhile but he started to develops some spots on his comb. I originally had it so one finger could...
Thanks. She gets up and wobbles around, then sleeps, etc. She isn't shivering and she moves away from the lamp and back to it, so I think she will be ok.
Thank you!
The chick is currently in the brooder since I do not have an incubator. I am thinking I should pick one up though. Never know when I might need it. .plus there is 3 more eggs.
I have the heat lamp on her, but I am a little worried she is cold.
I checked on the remaining eggs yesterday and noticed one had pipped. I left it under mama until late in the evening, then I brought it in. I know this is risky, but so is letting mama peck it to death. ..so I set up a box and heat lamp. I placed a warm damp towel under the egg, and a warm...
Hello all. I have a hen who decided to go broody. She was sitting on two eggs originally, but then stole a few eggs from my other hens.
The first two eggs hatched last Saturday (yay!).
I knew if I left the other eggs they would be about a week behind and was concerned if she would stay on...
I have a rooster that was very loud. I was not about to get rid of him or rehome him. He crowed all day long. I did some reading on the no crow collar. I was skeptical that it would even work and if it was harmful. I went ahead and bought it. I don't have mine as tight as some suggest, so...
I heard about the shows being canceled but I hadn't read about possible testing of flocks here. I will definitely look that up.
This flu is horrible. I ordered my daughter a chicken finger dinner the other night. It use to come with 6...they have cut that down to 3 at the same price.
To...
I too am a coffee junky. I have not roasted my own, but have been wanting to try it. I like the popcorn popper idea. I have one, I think I will give it a try. Thanks for the tip!
Hi all. Thanks for the replies.
I went out and snapped some pics.
Here is Rickie (my daughter named it) the possible rooster..
And here are a few inside the coop pics. .
the cute window. .
I too love projects. I can't wait to get out there and work on the coop, but it has been a rainy mess for 4 days...
I bought it from Triple Braided Farms. You can Google them. They have a FaceBook page with lots of pics. I myself am not a Facebooker, but the pics gave me some good ideas.
The...
Thanks. I can snap some pics later today and post them. The comb is a little larger, but my 3 EE combs all look similar. Hope they aren't all roos...lol
Cute coop! I like the curtains.
For ours, I built a support frame that I dug down into the ground and leveled. The coop and run sit on that frame. I put wire between the ground frame and the coop so anything that dug under then had wire then the coop floor.I didn't put wire under the run...