Hi friends I have someone sneezing chickens, first time chicken owner and I'm so worried about my babies. They started sneezing last week so I added some water addative and they seemed to be doing a little better. Today I realized my copper maran Salsa has bubbles in her eyeball, everything I...
Hi friend first one has me torn best guess silver laced wyandotte or possibly a hamburg. Second I'd say a welsummer and third is a little hard to tell, cream legbar maybe? Theyre still babies so its hard to be for sure, hopefully this helps :)
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I live in Bakersfield and have 2 boys that have started crowing. Master Cheif is an Easter Egger and Eggroll is a Hamburg. I would love to trade them for a hen and/or assurance that they will not become chicken nuggets. They're around 2...
I built my coop and run back in February and I have 13 beautiful babies. I elected to go with hemp for the coop as I am doing the deep litter method and sand for the run. I did a lot of research but for some reason I hate the sand 😭 I'm in central CA and it gets HOT in the summer and I heard...
She's rooting on a little bar in the run thats covered. Its lower than the roost in the coop but she's a weird one she usually sleeps on the floor of the coop. She can get on to the roosting bars (I've seen her hop up) but she doesn't care to sleep up there usually.
It's not too hot at night, low of 66? We have ventilation on the sides as well as an exaust fan to pull the hot air out. we have other silkies that go in at night with no issues but I will check the temp in there tomorrow night to be sure thank you :)
1 chicken has decided to sleep outside?
I have a sweet silkie that all of a sudden is out past her bedtime. We have an auto coop door that closes at 8:30. Here in central CA, sun usually goes down around 8.
For the past 2 days Banana has been roosting in the run, she appears to be acting...
I try to keep an herbicide free yard but this past weekend my dad came over and sprayed down my garden beds with Captain Jack's Deadweed Brew Weed Killer. How long before I can free range my girls again? I usually let them out for an hour to 2 hours a day after work.
Thank you! We do have an outside cat we adopted but he seldom goes into the backyard maybe we can convince him to with some treats. I will invest in some good feed containers as well for sure! Thank you friend for your input!! <3
Good afternoon! We just finished up our coop and my 4 babies are almost 5 weeks! It's pretty hot here in Central CA so they have been spending a decent amount of time outdoors and I believe they will be ready for the coop very soon! In the past we have seen some rats and mice in the area. We...
We dont run the AC inside so I think they're okay, put them out for just a few hours in the morning and they did well :) 1 sleeps under the heat plate but the others don't anymore.
Thank you! I only put them out in the morning when it was cool and they did well. Will start transitioning to the coop within the next week or 2 I think :)
Good morning! I live in Central CA and it is a high of 92 today (unfortunately) my babies are 4 weeks old and have been going outside for an hour to 3 hours this past week. Today is the hottest day we've had so far, is it too hot for them? The rest of the week won't be as hot, should I wait...
Excuse the awful photo they're not too keen on being picked up yet but they will eat from my hand and I'm counting that as a win! I present banana, pancake and fudge! <3
Good morning! I live in central valley CA and I recently brought home 3 silkies that are one week old now. I recently finished their coop and was just wondering at what age can I start taking them outside and at what age should they move outside permanently? It's pretty warm here already LOW 38...