Sometimes you just can't make a neighbor happy! We have one particularly cantankerous one, but we just go about our business. If there's other roos in the neighborhood, why complain about yours specifically? It's frustrating! Have you tried buttering them up with some eggs?
We hang our feed and water from the ceiling--helps keep some of the muck out of it and have found less feed is wasted. We put a lid on top of the feed when we went out and found one of the pullets had actually jumped into the feeder (round style that dispenses out of the bottom) and was merrily...
Hi guys! Anyone know any info about the ordinances in Cheyenne? We're going to try and relocate back to Wyoming eventually and was wondering if anyone had any info. I was born in Cheyenne and grew up in various places in WY (Laramie, Green River, Rock Springs, Casper, and Cheyenne). We had...
Hey, guys! Anyone from Cheyenne? We're going to relocate back to Wyoming eventually and was wondering if anyone had info about ordinances in Cheyenne. Born and raised there, had to relocate back here to Illinois in 2009.
When we were deciding what breeds to go with, we checked on cold hardiness (size of the combs makes a difference as far as frostbite goes), egg production, color of eggs, etc. I did a lot of research as far as how docile (wanted to avoid over aggressiveness due to smaller space), tendency to...
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We're new to this chicken thing, too, and couldn't be happier with the ladies (hubby calls them "the Wandas"). He was dubious at first as I seem to keep the "honey do" list pretty full. He had to build the coop, run, etc. (I helped, of course) and put up with a less than thrilled...
Welcome! Nice work on the coop!
Wish I could help you on the rooster rehoming. A friend of ours ran into a similar situation (cockerels instead of pullets). He went ahead and had them processed for meat---don't know how you feel about that. I haven't crossed THAT bridge yet. He said he...