Recent content by Crazychickenlady7

The inside of the coops is made of plastic.

I’d say they are about 3 or 4 weeks. But it’s always debatable.

Not totally new to the site, joined a few months back but only have time to check in sporadically. I’m from mass, went to an agricultural high school and absolutely love my birds. Just on here to casually talk about chickens in an appropriate setting, for some reason normal people don’t rave...

Yeah, didn’t mention that but it’s definitely a summer chore.

He almost looks like a cinnamon queen rooster.

If you do not set up strict boundaries with your chickens physically and expectations-wise they will be up to no good. For example, my girls learned to fly at about 10 weeks and took full advantage of flying over their fence and running amuck in the neighborhood. My quick fix for this was to...

You should be cautious about not only the chicken's health but also yours. Different coops have different intervals at which they need to be cleaned but some key characteristics that occur when a coop needs to be cleaned are, chicken dust and fecal matter making its way into the nesting boxes...

My best recommendation is to get territorial breeds. I live in a neighborhood with coyotes, foxes, raccoons, bald eagles, and ospreys and have had lots of luck with a large flock of territorial birds. Anything mixed with a Rhode Island Red will do. My chickens had a dust-up with a flock of...

My number one recommendation on raising tame, cuddly and friendly chickens is to treat them as if they are any other domesticated animal, treat them as if they are a dog or cat. I have found that this has worked with all the breeds I’ve had from show birds to production hens. Spending as much...

Had a couple of chickens die in my arms and I personally think it’s the best way for them to go. I’d say that the 5-10 years would be a bit of a stretch depending on where you live and your breeds but otherwise this was very comforting to read. My cinnamon queen Samantha who was about 4 and 1/2...