It's official kids. I will be at the Monroe Show. It is on the calendar, so unless an emergency happens I will be there to meet peeps and see the birds.
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Yep. I bought my hay in August out of the field for $3 a bale. My chickens love it. Even the chicks like to pick around in it. I shake it out all over in the outside runs. Cuts down on mud and the chickens stir it up out there too. I don't put it out too deep. I just shake it out until it's fluffy. It does keep the smell down too. I think the key to using grass hay is to not have too many chickens in too small a space. I don't let it go to long without forking it over and under. Good excerise for me and the chickens. I rake it up when it's nearly composted and take it out to the garden. Makes great mulch.
I miss having ducks.
Refridgerated eggs can develop. The hatch rate is usually less than 50%. But they do. I gave Itsren 2 from my fridge to hatch and she hatched a bunch from the fridge of CR's eggs.
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Chickens don't try to get out??? BALONEY MAHONEY
Ok, are we sure they are really trying to get out, or are they just doing what they do best, Scratching and digging? Mine dig holes all over the place. And always seem to try to get at things around the fence line, but they haven't ever dug enought to get out. I do have a chicken wire apron around my run to keep predators from digging and getting in, but haven't found I needed it to keep chickens in. Maybe you guys need to make your runs more fun......like a chicken playground!Not sure what you'd put in it though.
Ok, are we sure they are really trying to get out, or are they just doing what they do best, Scratching and digging? Mine dig holes all over the place. And always seem to try to get at things around the fence line, but they haven't ever dug enought to get out. I do have a chicken wire apron around my run to keep predators from digging and getting in, but haven't found I needed it to keep chickens in. Maybe you guys need to make your runs more fun......like a chicken playground!Not sure what you'd put in it though.
I'm in on the pine shavings. I use the white shavings bails you get from Del's or Kippert's it doesn't seem to be overly dusty,we also use it is side for Sonny the Guinea Pigs cage.x2 on the hay- it's a mess. I made that mistake and have been changing to pine shavings- much nicer. The girsl have been doing an awesome job tilling everything up!
Hi there, I'm very excited to get my first chicks next week and will be purchasing them from my local Costal Farm and Ranch the first day they came in. But somebody told me that the chicks from there can often end up disabled or have diseases is this true? Or are the birds from there pretty good?
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x2. I think anywhere is fine as long as you don't plan to show your chickens and they're just for a nice backyard laying flock. I have almost all hatchery chicks and we think they're great!