Chicks4LMHF
In the Brooder
- Apr 8, 2018
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Hi. I got 8 chicks for myself as an Easter present this year, and oh my what a trip. Did I know that I'd have a coop in a stall in my horse barn and get 8-10 eggs every day. I only eat 6-7 eggs a week so my friends and neighbors are clucking. I have lots of questions about natural vinegar, diatomaceous earth, worms, poop on eggs, free-ranging, mites and more.
Sometimes I can find info on this site and sometimes just Googling. And sometimes I wander around Tractor supply or go to my Agway. My new 7 pound Labradoodle is a great herder of chickens in the barnyard. He rounds them up to go in for the night.
I have been rounding them up early in the evening but since they wander alot, it's a job. So I am starting to let them go in just before dark. No predators yet---still counting 4 Isa Browns and 4 Black Astralorps.
The funniest thing is to watch them hang around the horse in the pasture....Symbiosis.
Sometimes I can find info on this site and sometimes just Googling. And sometimes I wander around Tractor supply or go to my Agway. My new 7 pound Labradoodle is a great herder of chickens in the barnyard. He rounds them up to go in for the night.
I have been rounding them up early in the evening but since they wander alot, it's a job. So I am starting to let them go in just before dark. No predators yet---still counting 4 Isa Browns and 4 Black Astralorps.
The funniest thing is to watch them hang around the horse in the pasture....Symbiosis.
We are glad you joined our flock!
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
