these dudes need a new home asap! Crowing up a storm and waking my entire neighborhood! I have 2 pure Silkies Roos and a Polish/Silkie cross roo. They are all sweet, friendly and don't mind being held. I live in Bedford NH and I would be happy to drop them off anywhere in NH. If I can't find a...
I'm using the Brinsea Mini Advanced incubator. I am on day 19. Put the eggs in lockdown last night and filled both water reservoirs. I'm using a hygrometer from a pet store and this morning it's reading 93%! I lifted the dome for a couple of minutes during the cooling cycle to release some of...
Before I re-home him/her I want to make sure. I am not allowed to have a rooster in my neighborhood and really don't want my neighbors complaining.
I heard someone crowing this morning and went out to check and sure enough it was Edith. She has been the most aggressive one in the group and does...
I have 2 polish pullets that refuse to go into the coop at night. They roost in the run and would stay there all night if I didn't go out and escort them to the roost inside the coop. I've been doing this for about a month now...so I feel like I have "trained" them to wait for me to put them...
I moved our 5 wk old chicks to their permanent home today. It's been 60's during the day and 50's at night. I have their ecoglo plugged in so they have their heat source if needed. It's getting dark and when I just checked on them all 9 were huddled on top of the 5 gallon bucket waterer in a...
Any and all advice is appreciated. This is my first experience with chicks.
They are 4 days old and all are doing great except for the Silkie. She was fine yesterday, but today seems very sleepy, staying under the ecoglo most of the time. I gave her a watery mixture of electrolyte solution...
I have a mixed flock of different size hens (Brahma, Orpington, Marans, Dominique, Ameracauna, Polish, Silkie) and I'm trying to figure out how to set up the roosts. I was planning to use 2x4's with the larger side up but will that be too thick for the small chickens? Should I add a narrower...