Recently, my chickens have begun to shred all the newspapers I put underneath on a tray below where they perch. Has worked great for over a year! Each day I roll the newspapers up & especially NOW in the winter, don't have to clean coop as much. But in the last 2 weeks, the coop is a total...
I only had one salmon Faverolle chicken, & sadly she got taken by a fox. she was 4 mo old, sweet, friendly, cute, talkative, neighbors loved her. She was very adept at flying over the wire pen & that was her demise.
I now have 3 Faverolle chicks 3 wks old, & can't wait to see them mature.
I have 1 wk old chicks & 3 wk old chicks so have them in large cardbd box with screen between & 2 thermometers, one heat lamp. working fine. will put them all together soon & update you on outcome. the 3 favorells 3 wks old are on shavings & the 4 mixed 1 wk old on paper towels. Will have...
Started with 6 chicks 3 years ago....fell in love with them, then added a few more . all are pets, one talks & answers to her name....now have a coop with lights, nests, water trough, timers for on/off lights & heater to come on if below 38 degrees! Still learning, lost one hen with prolapsed...