The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[delisha]

ok, so I just saw my rooster mating my cuckoo marans, we think she's about 14-16 weeks now. Does that mean she should start laying soon or is my rooster just a jerk? I didn't expect her to start laying until the end of june at the earliest.

sounds about right,,she will probably be laying in a month

What age Do I start using Apple cider vinegar for baby chicks mine are one to two weeks old and how much do I add to a little water for babies?

Day one, one tablespoon for a gallon. I keep water in my old milk cartons and add the ACV. I have a few gallons sitting to fill up water's.

Pictures.. again.


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very pretty bird..love the lacing

nice birds!!


and the barn has three walls!

Wooo Hooo!!!

Quote: I like having separate coops too..I am building smaller ones now...well DH and I.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Quote: I'd like to do that too but wondered if they'd get enough protein and too much calcium?
I love your user name! Blue Mouse, how did you come up with that?

 

[aoxa]

I prefer not to "put all my eggs in one basket" and have many coops.

We will have the two barns, and another shelter for the pigs in the woods. I'll definitely enjoy having everything close by though.

 

[stonykill]

Why is that, stony?

a predator breaks in a coop, god forbid a fire, a tree falls on it, you name it, you don't lose everything all at once.

I just sold hatching eggs to a local person. Lost 14 of 16 birds in one day. One of the 2 left went broody. She bought 6 eggs, but recieved 13.

Had her flock been in 2 seperate coops she only would have lost half, not nearly all.

I'm the "look at the big picture" guy.....

 

[stonykill]

We will have the two barns, and another shelter for the pigs in the woods. I'll definitely enjoy having everything close by though.

 

[TexasLisa]

Pictures.. again.
















and the barn has three walls!

We will have the two barns, and another shelter for the pigs in the woods. I'll definitely enjoy having everything close by though.

Aoxa your pictures are simply breath-taking. I am excited for you and your husband.

Lisa

 

[FridayYet]

Pictures.. again.






What breed is this one? Very pretty!

 

[aoxa]

She is a barred rock x silkie

 

[aoxa]

Aoxa your pictures are simply breath-taking. I am excited for you and your husband.

Lisa

Thank you, but my husband is a woman

 

[Leahs Mom]

An interesting little article on probiotics changing brain activity. Now this article is about people, but it would stand to reason that it would affect animals as well. I'll bet us ff'ers have the smartest hens and pullets around!

http://www.realfarmacy.com/probiotics-change-brain-activity-emotional-response/