Most of my husbands family is from Florida. He had an uncle in Texas and then more of them are in Seattle. His uncle in Texas died I think about 15 yrs ago. He had 2 or 3 kids, I don't remember.
Its 15' x 20'. Stockade fenced with criss-cross rope over it to hopefully keep the hawk out and the chickens don't try to fly out. About 6 ft in height.
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Quick questions with hopefully an easy answer. My chickens have been consistently laying everyday for a few months now. Then late last week, I had a couple days where two chickens and the duck laid 5 eggs. (1 duck and 4 chicken). Now, all of a sudden, everyone just stopped laying...
Its regular organic chick crumbles with a little olive oil added to it to make it soft bought from TSC. its what I've given all my chicks, just not usually with the oil.
We actually built our own coop. The kids of course thought it was their playhouse, but not anymore. They love the chicks. The one side of the roof opens up for easy access to the coop and the nesting boxes were added to that big opening in the back - 4 boxes. We added a sliding door since we...
So, I have a new set of babies this year. 6 mixed birds, don't know their ages. Don't know if they are ladies, gents or jerks. So, i have one jerk who has been separated since he picks on the others. Doesn't matter if they are bigger or smaller. Might have to take that one back to TSC...
I have a Plymouth Rock hen and two Orpington hens that all crow. Most of the time, if I remove one of the Orpingtons and keep her in the house in my large dog crate, the other two usually will not crow. As soon as I add her back out there, the three of them go crow crazy. The Orpingtons are...
Welcome. I have only been here a couple of weeks myself. Everyone here is wionderfully superb so far and really will reach out to help you with questions.
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Just an update as promised. I added a little protien to their diet and they seem to be happy little chickies for now. I added a couple rocks to the cage and a stick for them to roost on if so desired, and a couple times I've caught a baby using it to climb. I have been taking...
Thank you for the support. My parents used heat lamps when I was kid and we were raising chickens too, along with every other common farm animal back then.
My name is Julia as everything I post has my name on it. LOL
I was raised on a farm and sine I was 9, this is the first time I have decided to try adding chickies to my family. We always had chickens till about the time I turned 9 or 10. By then, we had eaten most of them as my dad was a...
Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I have some things to try now and see how everything works out. I will keep everyone updated. Thanks you so mcuh
Yeah, the side with the feed has the light. The side with the water is out of the light. It seems that it is two of the Orpington chicks are pecking the Leghorn chicks - all 3 of them. They get pushy and push them out of the food, then peck them on their sides or butts. I saw one of them peck...
There is a thermometer. They are opposite the window...15 ft away. They are all just about 7-8 days old. I'll have to look into the vitamins & electrolytes. They seem much more active than yesterday and they are eating and drinking.