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My dad gave me a cedar wood board he has stored for a long time (over 30 years). It does have the ideal measurements to become a ramp from the coop into the run and it is very weather hardy. I read cedar wood can be a bad choice regarding chickens in certain circumstances, so I'm asking if it is...

I wanted to ask you all for your opinions, thoughts and experiences. I hatched eggs for the first time. From the 28 eggs that went into lockdown (some of them blue and green eggs I wasn't able to see anything when candling) 23 hatched. One egg (the chick would have been the 24th) did have an...

2 of my bantam Silkie babys are one week old today, the other 10 will be one week old tomorrow, it is my first hatch. I only gave them chick starter food until now. I would like to give them a bit minced boiled egg, but I don't know if it would be ok for them? I looked for chick grit but you...

Hi, I'm planning to hatch chicks. I plan to lend an incubator from a friend. So now I'm starting plans for a safe and appropriate brooder. I do have a selfbuild terrarium from my tortoises when they were babies (long time ago). They now do live outside in an outdoor enclosure or are in their...

Hello everybody, I'm new to the forum :jumpy This really is a great place for chicken enthusiasts and I'm glad I can be here with all of you! My name is Katharina. At the moment I do not have my own chickens. My mother and I bring every afternoon 10 girls in our neighbourhood some goodies (the...