Recent content by IVRN

I am curious why you bake tjem?

Hi I live in NorCal as well. For two years I have done something that they LOVE and I’ve never seen anyone do this but it really works: I purchased two of those cheap plastic kiddy pools. Because the chickens will not go into them with just water in them, and the babies risk drowning, I...

I but mine in bags at Home Depot

Use washed sand and it needs to be construction sand with large particles NOT play sand. Plays and is so fine they can pick at it and clog up their crops.

This was such a well thought out great answer !

Okay this is confusing. Is my commenting on their product doing to enter me in the contest bc that’s not clear at all. I love love the red mite resistant aspect and the automatic door is everything !

Roosters are amazing. I agree.

This is true but also not true. Depends what the predator is. Roosters keep aware of and warn about overhead predators like hawks and such as well giving the girls time to run from any predator in general. It will put itself in harms way. Better to lose one rooster than ten laying hens. But...

Yes! Do you have a link to this solar powered fencing ?

If you have a mobile home for them It means anything that can dig can burrow under including fox. And that house does not look secure. Send them back before they are just someone’s dinner

Oh man. Mink will burrow a hole and pluck the hens off.

Ya. I eat them every day. I just don’t love GIVING them away a ss gifts ( which i do a lot with eggs) because I have to explain this to everyone and some people are squeamish. That’s all.

Ya i was very disappointed after getting two BCM that their eggs consistently have meat spots. I contacted the breeder and she said it’s common with BCM. Their eggs are so Pretty but I hate to give them as gifts because of the meat spots