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It's a show on pbs. It's some British drama thingy lol

O i see. i had never heard of it

 

[bradselig]

[COLOR=0000CD]Okay guys I have a deal for someone![/COLOR] A pair of buff bearded silkies for free to good home only, meaning no killing, eating etc... One for sure roo, I think the other is a pullet, but not for sure. She sure looks girly to me. They are very sweet birds. I am advertising for a friend. They are in North Liberty. I am posting on here because I know you all won't kill and eat a nice pair of silkies. They are 9 months to a year old.

Very interested! Is the roo bearded? I'll have to see where north liberty is. I have that single buff hen that I think these would make a nice trio.

 

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My opinion on bedding- I use wood chips when I have to, I don't like them. I like them for the first few days. But it quickly become messy. I like sand much better. Easier to maintain.

 

[goatluver20]

O i see. i had never heard of it

Yeah I've only ever watched 1 episode

 

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Hello everyone!! I have missed you all very much! I hope everyone's holidays were great! I think of everyone on here as my "extended" chicken family, and I am always referencing something from this website at least everyday!

The past several weeks has been really busy. Our family has been having a rough time lately and against my wishes, I had to re-home my hens to my sister, hopefully just for a while. I really love my girls and I miss them everyday. With everything that has been going on it was just getting a little much to take care of. Things are starting to look good again though. My DBF is getting layed off from his job at Rolls Royce, but fingers crossed he might have just secured a nicer, more paying job! So.....hopefully that means that maybe we might be able to really look for a house this year and move to somewhere that is a little more in the country mabye!  I miss my red sexlink Big Red everyday and i miss her eggs even more!  So now that things are starting to look up here, I'm thinking about getting back in the game, possibly with a different and bigger coop as well. I am scouring sites for BLRW and I have missed a couple of opportunities from here as well, but it seems that they are very,very popular breed!!!!!  So keeping my eyes open.

All these pictures of all these silkies is really making me want to get some!! The only problem is that I can't really have any roos. But they look so cute and friendly!!!

I am very sorry to hear about everyone's losses this winter. I hope that you are able to find happiness again!  I am still behind by one week in posts but I am gaining. I am glad that I am going through because I have gained some knowledge and I love reading everyone's stories and seeing pictures!!!

Miss you guys and talk to you soon!!!

Hey, Haven't heard from you in forever! Sorry to hear you had to rehome your hens, but at least you are still able to see them and know they are in good hands. Much better then selling to a random person CL. Hope you can get some more soon and they you DBF gets rehired or find a new better job!
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Sorry u r having such a hard time in the family. Welcome back.

 

[RowdyReptile]

I just wanted to warn any of you that have cichlids, we went to walmart to get fish food, because it was close during the bad weather. We got the red small pellets and gave them to our fish. We had 20ish cichlids (adults and babies) plus our two giant algae eaters. My husband cleaned the tank yesterday when we noticed that foo had turned everything red, and we noticed the fish had been hiding more than usual. They were dead! All but our big algea eaters and 1 cichlid. Thats all we have left. Do not buy walmart cichlid pellets! We had those fish and their descendants for 3 years. Here are the 3 we have left. The smaller algea eater we have had for 10 years and the larger one is over 20 years old. I'm glad we didn't lose them.

Hello, all but one of your cichlids died? Was it in one day? That's kinda odd, I had 5 juvenile Malawi cichlids that died when I bought them and fed them new food. Be aware that pellets are more prone to carrying bacteria and disease that can wipe out a community tank instantly. Especially if they are in a plastic bag, not a container. Ever since then, I've just been using flake food. We're there any symptoms before they died? Like fin rot, abnormal swimming, gasping for air, or rapid change in color? If yes any of those, then it was a bacteria. Did I mention I have cichlids too? I kinda have an odd animal collection. My cichlids, plecos, and pictus cat:

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

My opinion on bedding- I use wood chips when I have to, I don't like them. I like them for the first few days. But it quickly become messy. I like sand much better. Easier to maintain. 

x2 I've used sand for a few years now and it makes my life sooo much easier. It's always nice and dry and the girls always have somewhere to dustbathe year round. Plus, if I don't have the time to scoop it out the occasional morning, the poops dry out nicely with a little bit of PDZ sprinkled over them. When I used straw and shavings, I was perpetually having to clean the entire coop out and replacing all the bedding because it just stank. I can just sift the droppings out of the sand and it's good to go. No poo smell, no ammonia smell. Only disadvantage is that it needs to be scooped every day, but it literally takes me 10 minutes--probably would take less time with fewer birds and a smaller coop.

In the yard might be a different story, though. I've been trying to use sand to help with the sloppy, muddy spots in the yard and it keeps washing away. I don't know if wood chips or shavings would help. I will say this: I will absolutely never ever EVER use straw in the yard again! It turned into a nasty, wet, stinky, squishy layer of yuck that was heavy and miserable to shovel. YICK! Anything has to be better than that! It did compost nicely, though, once it was out and away from my chicken yard.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

My opinion on bedding- I use wood chips when I have to, I don't like them. I like them for the first few days. But it quickly become messy. I like sand much better. Easier to maintain.

My opinion on the sand is to avoid buying it in small bags. Contact a gravel / sand yard and get lots of it for much much less than Lowes or walmart sell it for. Sorry Brad, it is one of the few things I think Lowes makes a more than nice profit on.

That said for now I will use the free pine tree trimmings as a pile of sand in my yard waiting to be used would attract the barn cat as a litter box paradise. I don't want to have to screen it for cat poo before it collects chicken poo. And I still have plenty of room for the deep litter when I need to remove it from the coop. lots of low places in my yard.

 

[kabhyper1]

Hello, all but one of your cichlids died? Was it in one day? That's kinda odd, I had 5 juvenile Malawi cichlids that died when I bought them and fed them new food. Be aware that pellets are more prone to carrying bacteria and disease that can wipe out a community tank instantly. Especially if they are in a plastic bag, not a container. Ever since then, I've just been using flake food. We're there any symptoms before they died? Like fin rot, abnormal swimming, gasping for air, or rapid change in color? If yes any of those, then it was a bacteria.

Did I mention I have cichlids too? I kinda have an odd animal collection.

My cichlids, plecos, and pictus cat:

No symptoms before hand, we always feed flakes, but ran out and got those awful red pellets. I had fry in there just big enough to eat food and they are gone now too. I think I may just sell the set up. I have so much to do here with the animals, I think I am done with the aquarium. I just need a home for my big guys and 1 Kenyi male.

 

[bradselig]

My opinion on the sand is to avoid buying it in small bags.  Contact a gravel / sand yard and get lots of it for much much less than Lowes or walmart sell it for.    Sorry Brad, it is one of the few things I think Lowes makes a more than nice profit on.


That said for now I will use the free pine tree trimmings as a pile of sand in my yard waiting to be used would attract the barn cat as a litter box paradise.  I don't want to have to screen it for cat poo before it collects chicken poo.  And I still have plenty of room for the deep litter when I need to remove it from the coop.  lots of low places in my yard.

That's alright, you hate on my Lowes, but I can't complain as I just bought an 8x10 wood shed kit for $75!

But I do agree with you! Those prebagged goods are high in price, but much easier to move around, IMO.