EEEK....I just read a posting on Kitchen Gardeners concerning cedar shavings & toxicity. I had not heard of this before. My chickens are all on a bed of cedar shavings. I am doing DLM, the initial 2 inches were pine , but the other 2-4 inches are ced
Read more…I give my three young chicks a small frozen ear of corn every day and they absolutely love it. It thaws quckly and they spend a good part of the morning pecking it. I buy the mini ears in the frozen food department.
Read more…As my chickens get bigger more adventurous and hungrier I am curious if they will try to eat my garden...any ideas to train them not to or keep them out besides fencing?
Read more…Last year I had a lot of crickets out in the coop area maybe due to the moisture from their mister. The problem was the crickets would only come out at night while the chickens were roosting. So, I set out a large glass bowl half filled with water an
Read more…I've had some personal experiences this week that I learned some lessons from that I'm hoping to share with you all to prevent some problems. I'll give the short version of the story. One bird got sick a few days ago, couldn't stand, very listless, p
Read more…We are building a tractor type roost and run for our chickens. We have been looking at several online for ideas.We are building one in two parts. there is a long low run about 4' x 8' and 2' tall. Then there is a second part that will attache to the
Read more…Being a blogger (www.lylahledner.blogspot.com) & twitter -er (http://twitter.com/lylah) sometimes I get questions about resources in other cities. Today, a woman asked about chickens and I'd love to refer her to a group such as this in California. An
Read more…I have four chicks that are 7 weeks old. For the past week or so they have stayed out all day from early morning until dark.At this time of year when is it ok for them to stay out all night? What temperatures am I looking for?
Read more…Our hen finally started laying. The first egg was in the next box, the following 6 eggs have all been laid on the ground in a corner of the coop. How do I discourage her from laying there? Should I place a golf ball in the nest box?
Read more…We have been enjoying watching our 11 week old chicks and have been trying to figure out a pecking order. Should they have one by now?For example one always seems to be the last to go to bed and seems to sleep by herself sometimes. We always thought
Read more…Hello all,I'm getting ready to harvest my chicken flock and am in need of a plucker to borrow or rent.
Read more…There is a nice article about urban chickens, and the chicken classes held by Rachel in the summer edition of "Wavelength" the magazine for KJZZ. Great to see this here in the valley!
Read more…Hi All just want to remind you that I have a chicken plucker available for those that may be starting or finishing their flock of meat chickens. We built ours about a year ago and so far have harvested ducks, turkeys and chickens with it. It really m
Read more…My four hens are around 11 weeks old and REALLY want to sleep in the nesting box. Since they are so young I blocked it off with a plastic tray and cement block and they knocked it down enough to get in and slept on top of all that stuff.I know I can
Read more…Hello fellow chicken lovers....I am working on the plans for my coop & run & I have figured out that 1/2" hardware cloth is double the cost of regular 1" hex chicken wire. (my run will be 12 feet long, so it's alot of wire).So, what are your experien
Read more…Hello,I am working on building a chicken tractor this weekend and have been researching chicken keeping, I have my heart set on getting 5 bantam pullets! I wonder if anyone could steer me in the direction of who is keeping or selling bantam pullets i
Read more…Hello again!One of our 5-day-old chicks has runny poop. I've been searching the web but don't seem to find the information I am looking for. I understand that runny poop indicates a serious problem. What should I do?I've bought some medicated starter
Read more…I messed up this post and deleted the original :(We took the plunge with four 8 week old chicks today. We have them in a chicken hutch until the coop is ready. They are sweet & eat a ton. I had brilliant names picked out of famous female authors & su
Read more…From what I have read you can start feeding scratch around 8 weeks. Is this correct?Also if you are feeding your chickens organic food is there organic scratch available also?P.S. Thanks to everyone for all of the great answers to my many beginner qu
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