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  1. N. Virginia

    Ordering chicks

    Do you have a variety of chicks? Looking for Marans and EEs and something weird, for fun. Want around 12 hens, so 24 if unsexed. tx, N. VA
  2. N. Virginia

    EE colouring / plumage - chicks vs/ adults --- Post your PICS!

    I love your pic of the colored eggs. What should I get to replicate? Have room for around 12, so I should order 24 on the assumption that I'll get 1/2 boys, which I will eat. Tx much, N. VA
  3. N. Virginia

    Considering Guineas

    I am a minority who had guineys and chickens (3 guineys, 8 chickens) that grew up together but couldn't get along. The guineys were terrible bullies and would randomly terrorize the chickens, chase them and hurt them, so I ate the guineys. Maybe mine were just a mean bunch. They were...
  4. N. Virginia

    Guineas ran away today!

    I ate my guineys. They were terrorizing the chickens non-stop and I didn't have another place for them. Quite tasty. Sorry they had to go. Cheers, N. VA.
  5. N. Virginia

    Newbie has ?? about converting 3 horse stall to coop

    I used one large stall for chickens by covering the openings (metal bars and ceiling - the other sides were solid) with 2" x 2" woven wire. Fortunately we did not have weasels, which would have gotten in through the 2x2 openings. Then I made the chickens a small enclosure inside the stall...
  6. N. Virginia

    New Hen House build

    Beautiful setup! Just a question: if you have netting on top of the pen, are you going to put the chickens to bed every night? Or have an automatic door? I have a pen similar to yours and the coons just climb right in and make a tasty meal. So I'm thinking of putting 2 electric fence wires...
  7. N. Virginia

    anyone use chicken aprons / hen savers?

    Well, duct tape is good for everything. I put duct tape (with tape protecting the sticky part against the back where there are no feathers). Just protected the feather area with double tape and stuck the sticky tape loosely down the sides in front of the wings - around 4" wide. Then added a...
  8. N. Virginia

    Dirty bottoms

    Just wear gloves. Bathtub comes to mind if you don't have a scrub sink. Have fun! Or, you could wash outside. Use an immersion heater (at a horse store or catalog), heat up a big tub of water (assuming you don't have hot water near the coop), and give her a bath in a smaller tub. Tractor...
  9. N. Virginia

    My new 8'X8' Chicken tractor DH built!!! Pics

    Beautiful! And I like your chickens too. My dog bites wire runs and rips a hole in them. With hw mesh he scratches until the links are broken...hope no dogs get into your tractor...I bet your chickens won't tear it up. Cheers, N. VA
  10. N. Virginia

    What in heavens name could be happening with my horse

    I had an old mare who dropped a LOT of weight over one winter. Think she had some kind of virus; she got laminitis very badly in the spring, although she wasn't on rich grass, and looked like a scarecrow. She was so thin that her legs didn't touch in back at all. We treated the laminities...
  11. N. Virginia

    Shelter from hawks

    Even with chickens in a fenced pen with netting over the top, will hawks swoop in, break the nylon netting, and get chickens? Tx, N. VA
  12. N. Virginia

    Slow, slow, slow.....

    OK. I got Chrome and the latest Java and that did speed things up considerably. Note that even if one has chrome, it doesn't work if you start IE!! Thanks a lot, N. VA
  13. N. Virginia

    Slow, slow, slow.....

    I have the latest Chrome, performance is fine with other sites and horrible here...really painful and not fun at all anymore on BCY. Is there any way to turn off the gratuitous graphics? Unless the site speeds up, I'll have to find other ways to entertain myself. Regret to be a whiner, but...
  14. N. Virginia

    Lice - must my neighbors treat their flock? Natural treatments?

    Hi Everyone: My neighbors have a lot of chickens (1/2 mile away, so I'm not worried that my chickens will catch anything), and the neighbors won't use chemicals. They report that their chickens all have lice. I think in time all their flock could die...is this correct? What should they do...
  15. N. Virginia

    Our hen is snoozing, molting, naps a lot

    Mine moulted a month or so ago in Northern VA...feathers back & the girls are venturing out of the house, however no eggs. How long before they start to lay again? Should I give them extra protein? They like cottage cheese, but I haven't been giving them much extra stuff except the usual...
  16. N. Virginia

    Moulting a Blizzard in Virginia! Will they freeze to death?

    My chickens (all 2 of them!) are moulting like mad...the whole coop is covered with feathers. Why are they doing this NOW? It's too cold...they should have done it earlier. I got them at 10 weeks old last October, so they must be around 14 months old. Any advice? Do they now need a heater...
  17. N. Virginia

    Digging Predator Visits

    I've heard a weasle can get through a 1.5" opening...think hot dog. Don't know if you have any. We do, but they haven't bothered the chickens who were in a 2"X2" mesh fenced pen last year. (This year we have HW cloth.) Cheers, N. VA
  18. N. Virginia

    Deep Litter Method in the run????

    What about a grass run that only has 2 chickens? even though it's big and still has grass, it's starting to get poopy. Should I just keep trying to pick out the poo from the grass? Hard to do when it's been raining nonstop! Tx, N. VA.
  19. N. Virginia

    How to install French door on 5Wx8Lx7H wood shipping crate?

    Can't offer you any construction suggestions...no clue...but admire your beautiful crate. Would get galvanized hardware for hinges. Where did you get the crate? I could use one for the dogs as an outdoor shed. Tx much, N. VA
  20. N. Virginia

    A newbie without a clue

    Don't get any guineas. They are hilarious but when I had 3 plus 8 chickens and they terrorized the chickens. The chickens never have recovered their courage and are jumpy and unfriendly, which I blame on the guineas. have fun!
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