I love that you give your cheeps crickets. Mine get them daily. It's how I get them back in their coop after free ranging. The man at the bait store thinks I'm nuts because of it. I don't care it makes them happy. Do you buy or breed you crickets. I've been wanting to try breeding them but seems...
My education and career in Veterinary Medicine has taught me many things. One of those is that if things are hot to our feet it is just as hot to an animal. A normal chicken temp is 107 degrees. Hot sand or a hot environment can elevate it further. I live on the Gulf Coast where we have white...
I have two girls who are not very tame. They have recently begun to come out of their grasses more when I'm around (I have the crickets to thank for that). They are kept separately from my chickens. When I let my chickens out to free range lately they come to their door and call. Can I let these...
I sit with them. One kind of likes me only because she was not strong enough to run away the first 2 days. I dont chase yhem btw, they just freak when they see me. She figured out very quickly I was friend not foe :) She doesn't hop all over me like i want but she at least stands by me. I'm...
I have crickets for my quail that I've been doing that with. I guess I'm not giving them a fair chance because I want their love NOW and I'm Copa ring them to my super tame roos that I miss incredibly. I'll keep working at it. Thanks for your advise :)
Thanks for the info. I will try your suggestions. They don't have a run they just have a GIANT coop. I want to let them out to explore like my roos did but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to catch them. My roos are no longer living here :(
This is my second set of chicks. The first I got at 7 days old. Both turned out to be roosters and I had to find them a new home (I'm broken hearted). I got 3 New Hampshire pulleys (sorry auto correct won't let me put what they really are so they are pulleys). They are 8 to 10 weeks old and...
This is my second set of chicks. The first I got at 7 days old. Both turned out to be roosters and I had to find them a new home (I'm broken hearted). I got 3 New Hampshire pulleys (sorry auto correct won't let me put what they really are so they are pulleys). They are 8 to 10 weeks old and...
I wish I would have known how much I would laugh and how happy they make me, that my cats, large dog, hens, and roosters can all live happily with one another. Just like humans they will have a favorite food. Finding it can take a while. Quail and chickens are not friends. They LOVE crickets...
I'm brand new here. Trying to figure this out.
My roosters names are Peas and Carrots. My hens are Pancakes, Waffles, and Cookies. Children didn't name them...it's all me!! :)