Recent content by catinthecoop

Ok, thanks. I just didn't want this to be something that went from 'oh that's odd' to 'omg now something is REALLY wrong.'

She molted over winter, but I don't know if she did a full molt, she was the last of the three that did. Is it possible she didn't do a full molt and these are 'old' feathers? It has been pretty windy, and while we tried to take advantage of the pine trees as a wind block, we couldn't get the...

So we have 4, one year old hens. A few weeks ago we noticed some broken feathers on our Silver Laced Wyandotte. They were all located above her tail, now she's got them on her chest too. There don't appear to be any missing feathers, just these broken off ends. Today we are seeing some of...

I put one of those lids on my feeder and it leaked water every time it rained. You don't actually want the bucket tight closed with the waterer anyway because then there will be a vaccum inside the bucket. I put small holes under the rim of my waterer to keep it from forming even with the lid on.

If it's new it ought to function correctly for sure. However, I used that style nipple waterer, that I bought the nipples and made myself, for a while in my brooder. I noticed that there was some bit of 'learning curve' for the chickens during which it was wet underneath. I think it took...

@aart that looks more like what I would call 'mulch' but I imagine you wouldn't want something dyed or treated, what exactly is it?

2 eggs from 4 hens. Best part is this is the first day of getting eggs and we got 2!

I've been using the TSC yellow bag (fine) shavings in my coop. They work ok, I think primarily because I have 4 chickens in a 6x6 coop. I put a little PDZ down with the shavings, haven't noticed a smell, everything seems fine. I clean once a week in there. In horse stalls? I hate the stuff...

I've only had my Ador1 for 2 months but so far I love it.

I've got a two Wyandottes (a Silver Laced and Gold Laced) a Buff Orpington and an EE. My Silkie would hang mostly with the Orpington and EE, but they all grew up together.

@SueT thanks! I never even thought of that. I know our closest fair has passed but there may be more up coming, I will check. Yes, I plan to read up some more and make sure we can set thing up as best we can before bringing another one home.

Our silkie chick that we raised ended up being a rooster, we are not allowed to have roosters and of course that was my favorite chicken. We found him a new home but if I can I'd like to find a hen to replace him. The rest of my flock is standard sized, and we are restricted to to five total...

I went out and put them up on the roosting bar, after dark. I think it took 4 nights before all of them were up there by themselves. I only had a bright flashlight, but I set it in the corner facing up, I was as quick as I could be about it and they all stayed put.

Good news! :thumbsup

I've got 2 gal buckets with horizontal nipples and really like them so far. I use 2 of the 2 gals for 5 hens and they're half full still when I dump them. I do dump the buckets 2x a week but everything seems clean when I do. Opaque buckets keep the algae from growing in my experience.