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  1. naturababe

    Keeping a rooster vs. being a nice neighbor

    oh wow. so do you know if they can complain and take it to any kind of council or something like that in your area? i guess my husband is worried that they will make a huge stink.
  2. naturababe

    Keeping a rooster vs. being a nice neighbor

    Quote: how close are your neighbors? we have four acres but the lots are kind of skinny so our neighbors are closer then we would like.
  3. naturababe

    Keeping a rooster vs. being a nice neighbor

    really?? it's dark here at 5:30 am, well, it's before sunrise, not sure how much darker i could make it. hmm. worth a try though. thanks!
  4. naturababe

    Keeping a rooster vs. being a nice neighbor

    Two of our neighbors have complained about our rooster. one is way down the street and lets his dog roam loose so I don't really care about what he thinks but the other is our next door neighbor. honestly, we never see them and have no "neighborly" relationship but what is the moral thing to...
  5. naturababe

    anyone have pictures of frost bite on a comb?

    Thanks so much.
  6. naturababe

    anyone have pictures of frost bite on a comb?

    i think one of my girls might have some frost bite but i have no idea what it really looks like. her comb isn't as red as the other two are (but it could have been like this all along and i just didn't notice). she seems fine and happy so i am just leaving her alone, is that ok?
  7. naturababe

    i just ordered 18 chicks

    so i ordered the chicks and then i had a conversation with my husband about building a new coop because we will need someplace for the chicks to live until they are big enough to go live with the hens we have. he said "well it takes two months for them to be big enough to even go outside so...
  8. naturababe

    Question concerning coop design, planning and layout

    could you grade the run so that it will drain and dig a drainage ditch? then maybe do gravel with sand over it?
  9. naturababe

    Question concerning coop design, planning and layout

    I agree that you might find yourself in need of a run suddenly. Our chickens free ranged all summer and fall and then christmas morning a fox got my daughter's favorite chicken. I can tell you I was incredibly thankful to already have a run built.
  10. naturababe

    Pictures of frost bitten combs?

    Two of my hens have normal bright red combs. The third's comb looks like it got a little dusty. Is that frost bite? Last night and this morning are the coldest it's been here. They were outside fluffed up after I let them out this morning but I stuck them back in because the wind chill is...
  11. naturababe

    Coldest night yet - heat lamp for one night?

    Quote: Hmm. Good point. We had a day or two of near 40 or 50 degrees. A heat lamp definitely doesn't get the coop that warm!
  12. naturababe

    Coldest night yet - heat lamp for one night?

    what do frozen combs look like? mine were happy to come out of the coop this morning although supposedly it is -7. it definitely feels colder this morning then it did last night.
  13. naturababe

    Coldest night yet - heat lamp for one night?

    someone mentioned that you can still eat the frozen eggs, even if they are cracked a bit. i know what time of day my hens tend to lay, of course i only have three, but i just grab them as soon as i can.
  14. naturababe

    Coldest night yet - heat lamp for one night?

    i know, i've read that thread a million times but there is a difference between 0 with 20 chickens and -24 with 3 chickens. isn't there?
  15. naturababe

    buying "dirt" in the winter

    i was going to ask if you cover your sand box when it snows and then i noticed you are in kentucky. i wonder if i would need to cover it or if the sand would freeze up like the ground even if i covered it.
  16. naturababe

    buying "dirt" in the winter

    do you worry about the sand not being playground sand quality? i guess i'm not really sure what that even means though.
  17. naturababe

    buying "dirt" in the winter

    oh, see, that's why i need BYC. i'm not a gardener so i didn't even know that home depot sold something called "top soil." thanks guys. i think i will try a combo of sand and top soil, sand in the area prone to mud and top soil in the area the chickens have been going crazy in.
  18. naturababe

    buying "dirt" in the winter

    my husband pointed out that every time i shovel the coop i'm digging down further and further (it's getting below fence line at this point) so i thought that every time i shoveled i would put down a layer of dirt to keep the run the same. if it were spring i would just go out to the back of our...
  19. naturababe

    Coldest night yet - heat lamp for one night?

    ok, so it is supposed to feel like -24 by 6am, still don't do it? even with just 3 of them? i think that is what gets me, if there were 12 in that coop i would feel ok about it.
  20. naturababe

    Disgusting chicken run

    i am planning on some kind of cover for the run, at least part of it but i don't think a tarp would work. the snow brought down out netting that we use to keep hawks out so a tarp would definitely have come down. we need something more permanent but i think it will have to wait till spring. i...
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