OMG! Contact paper! Thank you - That is so GENIUS!!! I loathe the top of the heater, so I’m definitely doing that next time.
Love the whole setup! I haven’t conquered the watering via PVC/nipples but I really want to. This is just such an awesome setup.
We bought three Black Copper Marans from the same place, born Oct 11, 2022 (7 months old). We have what we believed to be three hens, but one turned out to be a roo (beautiful picturesque roo in pics). One of the hens is laying for certain (seen) and she’s the one with the lighter, smaller...
We have a scissor beak hen. We actually named her Scissor. Lol. My question is if she will for sure lay eggs? She also has foot deformities and well… bless her! :)
Scissors beak is pretty bad, but we hand feed her daily and we make sure she has access to mash. We used to grind food for her...
PS…. They are in a 4x4 brooder that will be get an added 4x4 in about a week for the days, when they don’t need quite as much heat, which will give them ~8x8 during the day, but back to the 4x4 for night if needing extra heat. :) Should be enough space!
She’s one of 20, all the same age, she’s midsize among them. We got from hatchery online and had 23, but 3 died in the few days, with no known cause, except one was so small and all three just seemed weak for some reason, but we tried everything. All others seem to be doing well thankfully...
2 week old chick, had pasty butt for about a week, vent started protruding, but she began to poop and stopped getting pasty finally! Then, today, she was bloody around it. Pic of how I found her and after I gently cleaned her up (and her resting after). Put tiny bit of Vaseline on it. She...
I we have one hen that has been laying brown eggs for about a month, relatively consistent in color, but do vary in size some. And we have others that are getting close to laying - we are waiting. So, not positive who this came from. But it’s… super odd?! Any ideas?
We like the cheesy names I guess… 😂
Our hens…. The fav is Hennifer, but we also have Zebie, Snuggles the Bandit, Robin, Chickadee, Sunflower, Beauty, Brownie, Minnie (she’s the tiny one), Elsa.
Our roosters are Hei-Hei, Marty, and Eagle
Newbies (girlies) are coming soon and we have been...
We at times fight hard but we love hard! 😂. We have been living in it for about a year! It’s crazy, but the chickens and outdoor stuff helps so much!!!
Oh we started with four chickens, three were supposed to be pullets with one rooster. We ended up with three roosters and one hen. So… we got a couple more hens close to laying. We have the three girl with our polish roo. Only one is laying but another is due soon. We allow the other two...
Hello! Nice to meet everyone! We are new to owning chickens and wanting to start a mini homestead.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We have had chickens since April. Somehow ended up with too many roosters and trying to navigate that because we love them all so...