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Thanks for all the comments def gunna try the sand. I dont have good cross ventilation in my coop either so im putting in another window this weekend.

Its like a swamp in my chicken coop right now. Was thinking bout putting down 3 to 4 inches of river sand down on the floor of the coop to keep it dry and to keep the smell down when it rains. Cause the smell is unreal after a good rain even though i keep it as clean as possible. Do yall think...

hurricane hasnt got to bad here yet just a little wind and rain. my feed prices definetly went up I was paying eleven dollars and some change a month ago for a 50 lb bag of grower and now im paying over fourteen dollars now. i bought some scratch to help fill them up and they been getting a...

well i got my nipple waterers in to day installed them on the bottom on a 5 gallon bucket. my chickens are already catching on i dont know how i did it without them. i also built a new pen for that faverolles rooster, i was having trouble with all my other hens pecking. on he is doing a lot...

I just ordered a bunch of them it seems to be the way to go and my chicks are only 10 weeks old. I think they will take to it. Have a few 5 gallon buckets laying around im gunna use. I tried to make a waterer out of a 5 gallon bucket and a oil pan but to make a long story short i did a couple...

thanx Jeff I will definetly keep all that in mind.

no they never gave him time to feather he has always been bare skin on his back but the pecking didnt get really bad until last week. but im building him a seperate pen today joining the other one and i will put him in there until he can get fully feathered and then i will try putting him in...

Does anyone use chicken nipple waterers? Do they work good? If my chickens are use to drinking out a regular plastic waterer will they learn to use the nipple waterer? im trying figure out the best way to keep their water clean. i keep their waterer hanging high but they still manage to get...

do you think if i give him a chance to feather back up it will stop the pecking. cause they were raised together since they were hatched and he feathered a lot slower than the rest and they all wanted to peck at the down feathers that was still down his back and never gave him a chance completly...

hey everbody im looking for a little help. all of my chickens are RIR except i have one faverolles rooster and they are all 10 weeks old. for some reason they all decided to start pecking my faverolles rooster and they pecked him to the skin on his rear end and then drew blood so it was tiime...

Thanks for the info really appreciate it. I switched today from a chick starter to a grower/finisher, we will see how that works. I saw some good ideas for home made feeders and waters using 5 gallon buckets, so i got me a couple of buckets and gunna build me some tomorrow. it kinda expensive...

hey everybody i know i asked this a few days ago but my RIR chicks are 8 weeks old now and im still feeding them straight chick starter, with the exception of a treat every day which is usually a tomatoe out the garden sometimes a few worms from my worm bed. all are very active and look...

Thanks I def think i need to get rid of a couple roosters.

Hey everybody! been real busy lately working and stuff hadnt loged in a couple weeks My RIRs are 8 weeks old now and a buddy told me i should take them off chick starter. But im looking for a more experience opinion. And also i ordered 2 roosters for 24 hens, but the hatchery sent me 4...

my rhode island reds are six weeks old now and i just took them out of my brooder and put them into my 300 square ft run it was fun to watch them get their feathers in the dirt for the first time. they looked very confused at first but they been in there a couple of hours now and already seem to...

thanks thats a big help

can anyone tell me how long my eggs will stay good for in the icebox? my wife wants to sell some at the next farmers market but i figure it might take a couple of weeks to collect enough and I dont if the first ones i pick will still be fresh.

LOL!!! Im due for an upgrade soon. and i will catch up to the rest of the world.

yea but im still using the ole cave man phone so i cant really record anything just a few blurry pics

great pics i would like to get me some ducks later on.