We’re getting g a humdinger of a storm here in Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 today and overnight. Got at least a foot of snow and the drifts are deep.
I will get into the hot tub when the winds die down! 🤣
Chickens are ticked off but we’ve covered areas of the ground with straw & hay slices… fed the...
We built our chicken run from nearly all recycled/ free materials. The tin for the roof was free. The summer ground feeder is a roof cap. The support posts are spruce trees from our forest. The cladding on the coop is untreated pallets. The nest boxes are milk crates and our old kitchen...
So, I accidentally left 2 dozen eggs outside in the unheated porch last night and it went down to -10 (rural Alberta Canada) WINTER IS COMING. Anyhow, they froze, so I’m going to boil them, crush them up and feed them to my flock of 25. A pre winter treat. I will be super popular with my girls...
I recently acquired two 16 week old roosters. They’re in isolation now for 30 days away from my flock. The vet gave me panacur deworming paste in a syringe which I then mixed with water and gave orally. Has anyone else used this before? They would not recommend ivermectin or any other dewormer...