Little Coop on the Prairie
My husband and I live on 20 acres in a small manager's cabin (efficiency apartment), so we always joke that we live in the Little House on the Prairie, so it seemed proper to call the new chicken house the Little Coop on the Prairie. We are currently building a barn...
Will a hen set duck eggs?? We have a neighbor who has ducks and they keep coming over and laying eggs...not a big deal...but they lay them in my hay (small space to climb in to get hay) and I don't like being hissed at when I go get my hay!! Anytime we see the duck off the eggs we take them. We...
Just looked at your pictures! Gorgeous!! I wish we owned the place we live on...20 acres 3 ponds, hubby is building a 70' X 60' barn and behind it we will build a 10X10 coop. Our 3 chickens love the roaming area!! And our neighbors ducks love our ponds!
I probably have no business commenting on this thread as I am 5'3" and 120lbs, don't exercise a lot, and eat the WORST stuff (corn dogs, fish sticks, DR PEPPER (lots of it) Sweet tea, whole milk, ice cream, crackers, etc, etc etc) but I do have to say that most people make the mistake of...
I agree with all the above comments! What kind of world are we coming to when people have no respect for other people or their property?!??
I really love the barbed wire or stakes or nails (something to damage their tires!) I would probably be the mean one that would hang a bucket of paint in a...
I went ahead and made a quick spreadsheet for March and printed it. I plan to hang it on the fridge and mark it when I put the eggs in the fridge....hopefully that will help me remember to mark it.
I hope not, they were all supposed to be pullets!!! I know there are other characteristics besides head spot to rely on, but don't know what they are, so if someone will post those...I will try my best to sex the chick and also post pics showing those specific characteristics.
Sarah
Any idea whether Crystal is indeed Crystal or if Crystal is Christopher?!?!
Here are the pictures I have....please let me know if you need additional pictures.
Day 1
Day 7
Ok so that is all that are on my blog that might be helpful and my internet won't let me upload more pics right...
Anyone keep an egg journal? My girls aren't old enough to lay yet, but I do have 2 laying hens (they lay almost identical eggs!!) I would like to have a record of who laid each day and what each hens eggs look like (color, shape, size, etc)
Anyone have advice or a good template they are willing...
My chicks are on a feed from Lonestar (went to SFA in Nacogdoches, where the Lonestar mill is)
My hens are on a layer from TSC (I think it is Dumor brand) and they get a scratch from Wal-mart (mine has a livestock section....its so weird to me!!LOL) When I run out of layer, I may look into what...
Amazing coop!! I love that idea! Maybe I can find some cheap dog run panels on craiglist and totally steal your idea if (when) hubby lets me get more hens....
Sarah
Ohhhhh this is sad!! I didn't like having mine in the house the first night because of the light and a few little peeping sounds, but I am sure when they are outside I will miss the light and few little peeping sounds!!
Here's to hoping you get through this quickly!!
Sarah
I got a RIR roo tonight that I will need to rehome soon... I don't know much about him. A lady contacted me about a hen and roo that she couldn't keep anymore. They were raised by a high school student and are about 8 months old. I plan to keep the hen, but can't keep the roo. If anyone is...
I read your other post, just didn't comment! I have to say you handled it well...I would be in jail for hurting someone!! I would have had them track down where they first got lost and it would have been road trip time with the box of deceased ones...
Glad they finally made it! Glad you have...
I was wondering the same thing! I have been coming from above...I will try the from the side scoop method!! Since giving mine crickets, they don't freak out about my hand being in the brooder, some come check it out and peck at my rings or my beauty mark on my finger! I hope yours and mine come...
I have 2 hens and one rooster. He calls them if I bring out a tasty treat and won't eat until both of them have eaten. He courts them. I have never seen him mate one though! I have 4 or 5 pullets that are a week old that will be moving in eventually. I typically get 2 eggs a day from the hens...
Red Sex Link is one of the pics that I found at feathersite.com that looked like him. Now I kinda hope my straight run EE is a pullet!! The more time I spend with this big guy I really like him!!
Here's to hoping Elvis (the EE) is realy an Ashley (I have 2 EE pullets named Naomi and...
I love him! I think he is just gorgeous! I got a straight run EE at Tractor Supply with hopes he is a roo, but the more time I spend watching the big guy, I hope the EE is a hen!! I just really wanted to have a young roo to raise so he would be more used to attention and so I would be less of a...