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i regularly have wild doves stroll into the coop to help themselves to the chickens' food. my hens let them and won't go near the feeder with the dove on it. drives me crazy. i'd prefer they attacked.

Quote: this definitely happens. if you're on oahu, you might try calling asagi hatchery and asking if they know a safe place for him to go to.

i had one who did this non stop for the first couple days. i had to separate her out for fear of someone losing an eye. she was still in the brooder but within a cardboard box (the box they came in) and could see the others through a couple holes and definitely hear them. this was really hard...

lots of people don't feed medicated starter. i went with a slow but steady exposure to the future outside area. at around 10 days old i started putting clumps of dirt and grass in their brooder for them to mess around with. shortly thereafter i started taking them outside to play for short...

brooder looks quite nice. good work on blocking drafts and providing lots of space. you might think about adding some vertical structures so they have something to jump up and down on and learn to roost on. this could be a brick, a block of wood, etc. also keeps them from getting too bored...

Quote: Hmmm, you got me looking at pictures, and Lucy may well be a Buff Brahma, which is NOT what I ordered. Anyone else have an idea which she is? don't go jumping to that conclusion just yet. i have 3 light brahmas (from meyers) and they looked like yours as babies. i've also seen totally...

mine love basil, thyme (supposed to help with the worm situation), and oregano. haven't noticed any flavor changes.

i have the same thing and had wondered if it was because of the extra attention they get. but i've also wondered if they seek the extra attention because they are traumatized and just need a break.

over here on oahu, i'm selling eggs for 6 dollars a dozen. my girls get organic feed. that's cheaper than a dozen organic eggs at the store. i'm real small time though; i only sell a couple dozen a week. i haven't been good about keeping track but i think the egg sales should cover the cost...

here is mine. has worked quite well the last 6 months. the floor is sand. the roofed side of it has 2 five foot roosts with a poop board under it. i have some big girls so i also used a sawed off pool slide ladder to help them climb up. the whole thing is 5 feet by 16 feet or so. i...

4 months old is not too young for a molt. juvenile chickens go through several adolescent molts before the real deal. by around 4 months old my 7 chickens could have about filled a small pillow. i think you simply have a hen with a couple wonky tail feathers. give it a couple weeks and i...

i had a 4 month old brahma with tail feathers like that. had me very worried for a long time. she is a hen though. the feathers smoothed out.

quite likely, but they will get over it in a couple days.

i used pellet things that were made, i believe, of pine. for the first couple days i put those down with paper towels on top so that they would learn where real food and water was. the pellets were great because when they got wet they broke down into sawdust which sifted down to the bottom...

thank you all so much i will just wait longer i was told that they will all lay 4 to 6 eggs a week was that wrong i'd be very surprised if you got that many eggs from the silky and the polish. the other three though should be around 4-6.

how wide is the stall space? could you just put tarps between the stall walls to create a lower "ceiling"?

just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. brahmas are known for being gentle giants and mine have proven to be such. they do lay brown eggs so can't help you there. if you don't want lights brahmas, which are primarily white, then how about some buffs or darks? all the colors are very pretty...

i don't really free range (i have a small backyard that they get to roam in for some parts of the day) so perhaps my thoughts are not so valid. however, you could experiment with only letting them out a couple hours before dark. since dark always drives them to their beds in the coop and their...

i'm on oahu. chickens do have it easier on the islands. however, mongoose and even rats can kill the chickens and of course dogs too.

is 12-14 weeks true of slower developing birds as well -like brahmas?