The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[heartsizedfarm]

How about this great idea? Again, no relation.

 

[LindaB220]

for us in the south, this is a redneck pool No relation to these guys!

Oh my God, I love it. I'm out of Shreveport so I've seen some of these yokels antics. (Not these guys, rednecks)

 

[lazy gardener]

ok folks, i've got you all beat regarding red neck cleanliness. When hubby and i were building our home, we were the only family living on our dirt road. Our only water source that first winter and through the first summer was from a tap on the extrol tank in the basement. So, we would draw a bucket of water, tote it upstairs, add some hot water to it... (we were really classy when we finally got a kitchen stove to heat that water!)... then we'd tote it back down the front steps and out doors where the truck was backed up to the front steps. One of us would stand in the bed of the truck, and pour the water, while the other one showered!! We've since finished our house, and live a somewhat civilized life. But, when we re-modeled the bathroom 3 years ago, (in the late fall) I left the little kiddie pool out on the deck. A couple bucket fulls of warm water made for a wonderful and invigorating moon light bath. A couple of times, i actually slipped on the frost when walking back inside (bare footed). You haven't lived until you've taken a moon lit bath on a frosty night!!!

 

[aoxa]

ok folks, i've got you all beat regarding red neck cleanliness. When hubby and i were building our home, we were the only family living on our dirt road. Our only water source that first winter and through the first summer was from a tap on the extrol tank in the basement. So, we would draw a bucket of water, tote it upstairs, add some hot water to it... (we were really classy when we finally got a kitchen stove to heat that water!)... then we'd tote it back down the front steps and out doors where the truck was backed up to the front steps. One of us would stand in the bed of the truck, and pour the water, while the other one showered!! We've since finished our house, and live a somewhat civilized life. But, when we re-modeled the bathroom 3 years ago, (in the late fall) I left the little kiddie pool out on the deck. A couple bucket fulls of warm water made for a wonderful and invigorating moon light bath. A couple of times, i actually slipped on the frost when walking back inside (bare footed). You haven't lived until you've taken a moon lit bath on a frosty night!!!

 

[lalaland]

well, I'm liking the brinsea brooder a bit better. I built a draft blocker, and the chicks seem ok. they don't ever seem to revel in the heat the way they do with a heat lamp or sun -

chicks are having more normal poops now that they have been on good feed and codliver oil. Not to mention the trowel full of dirt and the sod plug.

I built a screen door out of hardware cloth and scrap wood so I can put the screen in place and keep the people door open in the little coop - for the hot summer nights when we get them ( I know they are coming).

I think I have a stella impersonator in my main flock. Danged if that hen can't get into the garden no matter what!

 

[Leahs Mom]

well, I'm liking the brinsea brooder a bit better. I built a draft blocker, and the chicks seem ok. they don't ever seem to revel in the heat the way they do with a heat lamp or sun -

chicks are having more normal poops now that they have been on good feed and codliver oil. Not to mention the trowel full of dirt and the sod plug.

I built a screen door out of hardware cloth and scrap wood so I can put the screen in place and keep the people door open in the little coop - for the hot summer nights when we get them ( I know they are coming).

I think I have a stella impersonator in my main flock. Danged if that hen can't get into the garden no matter what!

So glad it's working better for you!

I just stuck my 3 out in the brood side of the chicken house this afternoon. Considering that they were in a large cardboard box before, they're in about 4x as much space as they had before and they can see out the sides. A whole new world to explore!

I also ordered a second automatic door to put on their side. I was wanting to do that all year and never got around to it. It was where I was keeping the rooster for awhile and I wanted him to be able to go in and out without me carrying him into his area every day. So having a door over there is going to be wonderful!

I ordered yesterday and it arrived today. They're not too far from me but I was surprised..thought it would be tomorrow.

 

[armorfirelady]

well, I'm liking the brinsea brooder a bit better. I built a draft blocker, and the chicks seem ok.  they don't ever seem to revel in the heat the way they do with a heat lamp or sun - 

chicks are having more normal poops now that they have been on good feed and codliver oil.  Not to mention the trowel full of dirt and the sod plug.

I built a screen door out of hardware cloth and scrap wood so I can put the screen in place and keep the people door open in the little coop - for the hot summer nights when we get them ( I know they are coming).

I think I have a stella impersonator in my main flock.  Danged if that hen can't get into the garden no matter what!  

Glad to hear the chicks are doing better.

As for Stella I clipped both her wings 2 nights ago & she has stayed where she is suppose to be since then. even laying her eggs in the temporary nesting box. I even have a big girl laying in there also. Now if I could get Edie & the other to lay in there. But they still insist on laying where Sophie & Lucy are brooding on the hatching eggs. There is only 9 under them now. No idea where the 10th went. I triple check the eggs when I remove them and the hatching eggs have an X on each side. Weird. Thursday is 10 days & I picked up OT so I have till wait till 8 to candle them. I'm hoping for a couple to be developing !!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

lad to hear the chicks are doing better.

As for Stella I clipped both her wings 2 nights ago & she has stayed where she is suppose to be since then.

even laying her eggs in the temporary nesting box. I even have a big girl laying in there also. Now if I could get Edie & the other to lay in there. But they still insist on laying where Sophie & Lucy are brooding on the hatching eggs. There is only 9 under them now. No idea where the 10th went. I triple check the eggs when I remove them and the hatching eggs have an X on each side. Weird. Thursday is 10 days & I picked up OT so I have till wait till 8 to candle them. I'm hoping for a couple to be developing !!!

I'm glad I'm not a chicken. Someone would have clipped my wings a long time ago.

 

[armorfirelady]

Quote: Lets just say Stella is not impressed..............nope not even a little bit

 

[hoosiercheetah]

So, I've read a lot of opinions in the last day and a half, and I thought I'd ask the au natural crowd.

What foods, in what order, do you use to heal sour crop?

I've already got the 24-hour fresh water fast, and after that I'm going to start with a little gelled coconut oil.

What should I feed after that?

Any other miracle cures?