FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[seminolewind]

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Hi. Your set up is very nice. I have pens with dog houses for laying eggs. My coop was 10 x 12, and I've moved all my chickens into covered pens. No coops. Seems that I had one hen that turned dusky and gasped when resting. The one died recently and I had her necropsied. Another 2 here do the gaspy dusky thing when napping. The necropsied one had no symptoms. But cause of death was Aspergillosis. Which fits on that one. Looks like 4 had/have it.

So I am really coop-shy right now. That's 4 from 1 coop. So they sleep outside now in a pen. I feel that Florida is a fine place to grow mold and fungus. Even my geese, who take a bit of feed, then dip their nose in the water to wet it-the water gets rank by the end of the day which is really quick to get that horrible wet feed smell. (the worst smell there is!)

 

[1chief]

Our coop stays dry all the time my son cleans the coop every single day and we change their water every morning if it needs it or not I sure hope we don't run into the same problem my kid absolutely adores these chickens we let them roost themselves every night and then we locked the door and when I get up for work in the morning I put them out.

 

[1chief]

Our girls out for there evening stroll

 

[1chief]

 

[seminolewind]

It all sounds very nice. I think I'm just worried now (about coops) .

 

[horsedirt]

Hi all! Im in Morriston Fl and have 3 Cream Legbar hens,Legbar roo, buff orp, salmon favorelle and 4 baby Polish. The Legbars are laying like crazy.

 

[seminolewind]

What is the attraction with Cream Legbars?

 

[welasharon]

pretty blue eggs

 

[Runawaylobster]

What is the attraction with Cream Legbars?

I have no idea, i am happy to sell mine.

 

[BlueChick62]

OK, another food question… how much should you feed your chickens? Do most of you leave a feeder out like a full time buffet 24x7? My silly little birds just fling it all over and don't seem to eat much of it. Do they just like to eat it off the ground? I feel like I might as well pour in on the ground as to put it in the feeder!