so our chicken Tammy has got that "I want to be a momma" feeling again. How do we convince her otherwise? Is there something we can do to get her over this?
Thanks in advance!
There are different ways of using the pallets. As for our coop, I actually broke them down and used the wood like clapboard siding. I used some of the 2x4s on them in the frame.
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easter egges are great, you might also want to look at rhode island reds, they're great layers and super sweet. if it were me i'd stay away from anything with feathes on their feet, they get super nasty!
so our sweet Tammy has decided she wants to be a mama, we have a friend bringing us 6 eggs for her to sit on. do we need to move her to a separate inclosure? our nesting boxes are up kinda high and if this works and she hatches chicks we don't want them to fall. this may be a dumb question do we...
ok, so here's the scoop our precious Tammy hasn't laid an egg in almost 2 months. what the heck? we thought she was starting to molt several weeks back, she had some bald patches on her neck. no one was picking at her, she's still eatng, drinking and playing. just no eggs.her feathers have grown...
never trust the tsc people most don't have a clue!
i've heard good things about ordering from my pet chicken. we have a great local guy near by that will order just about anything you want, and then we get to pick the chicks.