Recent content by TJ

Thank you OHLD! I know I have 2-3 weeks yet before beginning introduction, I was just curious to know the age that you begin to let youngsters mingle with teenagers. I know feathers will fly as the pecking order is reestablished, I’m dreading it actually. Thank you for your advice! Wish me luck! 😊

Hello, I have 10 chickens that are 3 months old and 8 chickens that are 1 month old. When and how do I introduce the youngest to the oldest? Right now the 1 month olds are protected in a fenced brooder with food, water, & heat lamp inside the chicken house to where they all can see and hear...

Hello there fellow Missourian! 👋🙂

Free 1 year old buff Brahma rooster Sadly he has turned mean Please bring pen to take him home in Located near Warrenton, Mo. area (60 miles west of STL) Thank you!

Hello, we’re almost finished so I will share photos when it’s done. Thank you for your interest! 🙂

Hello, we’ve been busy renovating our chicken house and the run for our new babies (photos to follow when we’re finished😉). There is a door and two windows in the house and they all open into the house itself but I know chickens like to roost up there and I’d like to deter them from doing that...

Hello, that is my fear is that the paint will chip off into the feed or the water. I’m sure it’s just me being overly cautious, I just didn’t know if others here have done this and had their chickens get ill or anything. I’ll try them out and see how it goes. If I start seeing chips of paint...

Hello, thank you, so you didn’t have any issues with the painted metal and your chickens? I guess I’m worrying more than I should. 😬 I will post photos as soon as it’s completed. Who knew a middle aged woman could get so excited over a renovated chicken house! 😅

Hello, yes he has been but I’m worried with all of this spray painting the waterer and the feeders. Hopefully it’ll all work out. 🤞🙂

Hello, we have been renovating our chicken house for our new baby chicks that have arrived recently. My husband has decided that the galvanized chicken waterer and feeder need an upgrade and spray painted them barn red to match the chicken house, my question is, is it safe for the chickens to...

Hello, you have to be smarter than what you’re dealing with. If you don’t pen your chickens up in a coop/run set for warfare then you’re asking for trouble. You cannot kill wildlife because you allow your livestock to run without proper housing/fencing unless you’re willing to guard them or have...

Hello, I am thinking of putting together a chick order once we finish renovating our chicken house and run. I am wanting a large, pretty, docile, friendly and preferably feather footed rooster. With that being said, what breed of rooster do you recommend? Thank you! tj

Hello again, just wanted to update this post. Sadly, during the night, our rooster took a turn for the worse. Early this morning I found him lethargic, breathing heavy with his head tilted off to the side. His comb, wattles were no long bright red but a dull pink tinged with white. He would try...

Hello, I am facing this today and my question is what type of gun did you use? I had read to use a shotgun but I want to be sure. Thank you, tj

Hello, here are photos of him. He still holds his eyes closed, I’m hoping that changes eventually. 🤞 He seems alert but he rests a lot, loves being outside in the sun. I made a soupy mixture of ground chicken feed and poultry vitamin water and he eats a little of that, he just eats so little...