I have a hen that is acting strange. Her name is Dumplins It all started about 3weeks ago when I found her in a nest box with her shadow "Teriyaki" Teriyaki was dead and seemed as if Dumplins was standing guard and didn't want me to move her. Every since than she started hangout alone and had...
It seemed like every time I fed my young ducks cracked corn the had to choke it down. Today I tried something new. I put about a half scoop of corn in my pressure cooker for about 20 minutes. When it was done it was like canned corn. The ducks loved it
What kind of chickens do I have?
I bought them from TS I was told that the brown ones where buttercups but I don't think that's right. I think the white ones are leghorns.
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Just make sure they can get traction on the surface they on. I ended up putting a towel on the floor of my brood box for a few days until they got a little Moore sure footed.
For my run I built a paneltised system out of treated 2x4s. I built 4 panels 6' x 11' 5" with 2" x 4" welded wire fence (6' high) for the walls. I assembled them inside corner to inside comer and attached them to each other with reused commercial door hinges that way to relocate the run so to...
I used a little orange vegetation fencing I got from Home Deopt. I let it hang over about 14" on front and back of my brood box. Duct taped it on back side. Than I wieved a fiberglass rod through the fence on the front side. The weight of the rod hold it closed and keeps the birds in but is easy...