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The Sweet PDZ is a granulated horse stall freshener. I use it on my poop boards. Scoops clean like cat litter, keeps the ammonia and moisture low. I get it at Tractor Supply. I also sprinkle a little on the floor of the coop. I did eventually decide to put a bit in the...
Hi! I, too... am looking for a home for a roo in the Upstate. He is not huggable, but completely not human aggressive. Except for knowing that food comes from people, he totally ignores people. He is great with the girls and chicks, warns the flock about hawks and dogs... and he is...
Hi! I am in Spartanburg, SC. I have a great roo for your flock. He has no interest in people except for food. No aggression!!! He is good to the girls and is good with chicks. He is everything I want in a roo... except that I still have his daddy and not enough space for 2 Roos. He is...
Hello! Question for you all! How long will it take for "normalcy" to return?
We have two roosters. One, Mr. Cletus, is quite old and has been a prefect rooster. Last summer, we finally hatched out another rooster from him (after 5 years of only hens...). So father and son had been getting...
Great responses and good article! I think I will try the base if PDZ and stick with the straw! Thank you all! I do like the vinyl nest box liners and will do that as well. As soon as it quits raining, I’m off to get it set up! Thank you!
Hi! We have had chickens for several years and have tried lots of things in the nest boxes. We started out with wood chips, then tried the plastic "grass" liners for roll-out nest boxes. Currently I am using straw/hay. My issue is that sometimes an egg will get stepped on or a broody hen...
Ok, so when I went down today, I took a look at Snowy. It is looking like Snowy has saddle feathers, to me. Please tell me what you think. Snowy also hatched June 1. Thank you!!!
Yes, I believe they are pecking her due to the injury. I will do the triple antibiotic twice a day! She does look much better this morning. My run has three sections. She is in one of two the smaller sections by herself with food, water, scratch and a handful of mealworms. They can see and...
Hello! We have a Buff Orpington, about a year old. She is pretty low on the pecking order and recently has started sleeping outside of the coop. I am not sure if something got a hold of her head or if she got tangled in the net, but either way, she has an open wound near her eyes. It seems...
Thanks! That last one was the only one I could see the three rows, but I am getting older and my eyes aren’t what they used to be!
I have asked about the roo’s feet and the general consensus was that he is just old. We have had him for 4 years and they guy we got him from had no idea how long...
Hello! Well, we ended up with 5 from the 10 eggs we put under the broody. We took pics today thinking we might be able to see from the combs which genders we have. Any thoughts?
They all have EE or EE mix moms except for #5 who’s mom is a leghorn. The first one is dad, an EE, who so far has...