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  1. The Coop 22

    The Coop 22

    It's good! No wait...I should check BYC to see if I could do this better... I have come to learn that BYC is an expensive addiction. Just when you think you're done with your coop/run/DIY feeder, some one older and wiser (or younger and just plain more experienced) will say "Are you sure it's...
  2. Heelers Chickens Ohmys Page

    Heelers Chickens Ohmys Page

    What did I get myself in to? My chickens came from a Jewish school in a strip mall in Phoenix. A frantic kindergarten teacher had joined a forum I was on asking "what the heck am I going to do when they hatch!?!" I offhandedly said "I've always wanted chickens." 4 weeks later I was in her...
  3. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    thanks for the advice and support guys! I rent rooms in my home, so I'm trying to make my chicken fortress (upgrading from a coop ) look nice. My dogs aren't dumb...they went behind the coop and tore it up, where I can't see it. Hopefully this will be solved in the future by having the coop...
  4. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Sigh. I no longer have 5 chickens, I have 1 :-( Maverick, my youngest and newest dog, TORE UP HARDWARE CLOTH to get into the coop. I came home last friday to find 2 chickens dead in the coop, and 2 chickens dead just outside the coop. Sigh. This coop stood up to a 65 lb gung-ho pitbull for...
  5. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Quote: HA! My parents adopted a dog that is the same way. You are not alone. Try and reward your puppy for being calm around the chickens so that you don't create extra anxiety/frustration when you pen her up in the laundry room. When she sits quietly and and lays down, reward her with a...
  6. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Quote: Ah Laree I'm sorry. I had one of my broody girls out separated from the coop last week - she was in a dog kennel with no bottom tray so she could get to the grass and hopefully stop thinking that eggs will hatch underneath her! Unfortunately, my roommate let my dogs out and they...
  7. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Laree: I think you're right. I have to admit, she looks JUST like an australorp, but she lays green eggs. I have a white leg horn, but she has a few random flecks of dark grey....I think she lays 'cream' colored eggs rather than white. My chickens came from an organic chicken farm, but were...
  8. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Hello guys, I haven't posted in forever, but I have totally been bit by the chicken bug (funny, it's right around easter). I have plans for expanding my current coop and would like to add 2 more girls to my flock of 5, if possible. I really like the look of Buff Orpingtons, but I want to hear...
  9. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Best to feed during Molt?

    What, if any, special diet considerations should I make when my gals are molting?
  10. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Quote: Haha - non smoking and drug free. I live in a college town, you bet there are a lot of folks out here who need roommates! My roommate is 29 and I am 22, no one is creepy or weird (unless having chickens and dogs is creepy and weird) and we are both working students....ie, the...
  11. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Quote: No, I definitely am getting the more-than-hint. I would have to agree with another poster that is probably is the pit more than anything...she is a sweetie, but she looks scary. My heeler Rusty is well trained and very easy to manage - not a jumper, easily crated, etc etc. My...
  12. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    hahaha - Maybe I should post on a dog forum and see if they think it's the chickens Please put good thoughts out there that I am sent a dog-loving roomie!
  13. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Quote: Absolutely no roosters - I could not even handle that! My girls are happy just as they are. Right now I am foster-less, with just two good dogs in the house and my girls outside....next strategy is to post 'for rent' ads by the green tree hugging folks!* *no offense intended to green...
  14. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Quote: I'm going to have to have a proud moment for my dogs.... My dogs do not constantly demand attention nor do they smell. The house is cleaned weekly/bi-weekly depending on shedding season. Neither of the resident dogs shed much at all. Both are crate trained and respond to commands...
  15. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Quote: lol - the house is quite big, 3 dogs really isn't a problem here. Neither is 4. The chickens are ALWAYS outside haha - I don't want to be the crazy chicken lady with my girls inside!
  16. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    Well, obviously my dog and my roommate's dog aren't leaving...looks like I'll need to relocate my chickens
  17. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Are my chickens keepig me from a roommate?

    I've had a vacant room in my 3 bed/2 bath home for 4 months now. I don't know why I can't rent this room. I have 1 foster dog (heeler mix), 1 fetch-crazed heeler, 1 hyper, sweet pitbull (roommate's) and 3 chickens in the backyard, secure in an 8x3x3 run. The house is clean, my roommate and I...
  18. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Do you talk to your chickens?

    Not only do I talk to them, but if I 'cluck' to them a certain way, they will repeat what I say. I love my girls.
  19. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Culling is hard on my heart, yours?

    Quote: I have culled a few birds so far. I had a roo who started to crow, a 6 week old chick with a broken leg, and a full grown BR from a local chicken owner who knew she 'wasn't right' (she had a baseball sized tumor in her) and 2 girls with bumblefoot that I couldn't fix. I don't mind...
  20. Heelers&Chickens_OhMy

    Arizona Chickens

    Quote: I minimally vaccinate everything. I think these kinds of diseases are only present in large flocks in poorly ventilated areas - disease can spread far and wide quickly in those types of enclosures. However, in a place like hickman's where their chickens live in cages all their lives...
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