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I dont like rent a coop because they gave me the run a round about a job and they hide extra fees in their shipping charges if you buy from their site. I find it unethical to your customers to do that.

I don't claim to know everything about chickens. Ive made many mistakes over time i have learned so much.Now I have 40 chickens. Heres the thing, I have 0 electricity. For myself or the birds. 0 lighting 0 heat. If I am lucky I will have enough eggs for my breakfast. If not I'll eat oatmeal...

Well.. it could be a number of things, I would love to see the video. It could be bumblefoot it could be a mating dance and him adjusting to food. Heather asked the right question, have you inspected his foot/leg ? Does he seem sluggish and lethargic?

Ty, but i think my hubby really wants another leghorn. It kinda broke his heart when his only one passed. Only another week or so to see if we have one hatch. Its also our first broody hen so fingers are crossed. Plus he hates Bangor, too much like a city and we dont go that far out but i...

Np. I have a broody chicken I'm hoping to get a descendant of my leghorn who recently passed. We will see, she has a lot of eggs. I need to candle them soon. I love seabrights, living cartoons. Ty anyways

Hi yea. Im about 30 minutes from you, but i cant chicken sit . I stay home with my flock and dont leave my property. I am looking for a new rooster though, do you by chance have any leghorn or possibly another breed? I have a broody hen Ill let you know how the hatch turns out. Would be nice to...

I need a new roo, i tragically lost rosecomb leghorn. Where are you located?

Hi there im in northern maine myself. You would have to isolate them, you cann treat the hens with neosporin, but nothing will get better without the roo gone or hens separated.

And just an fyi An old wives' tale is a supposed truth which is actually spurious or a superstition. It can be said sometimes to be a type of urban legend, said to be passed down by older women to a younger generation. Such tales are considered superstition, folklore or unverified claims with...

Well thays are getting longer that is for sure, youve got me there

Where I am, winter lasts till April sometimes May. It is 30 today. It will be dipping down to 2 overnight this week. I hope the ground hog was right though it would be nice for an early spring🥶

Grand total yesterday 4. 2 so far today.

Yea ducks are messy. Mine are pets though i love them.

Idk, an awful lot of people say it works with helping laybeggs. Im doing an eggsperiment with it . I made a thread about it. Look up eggsperiment

.... its not too cold in Colorado for weasels I live in the tip of northern Maine. We have everything from martin to the biggest weasels, fisher cats. I think coloradoians get short tailed weasels

Yea i was thinking lights too at first, but im offgrid and a solar light for the chickens when we dont have one for us my hubby says is out of the question. Lol

Lmao trust me, your just getting started. If you want big eggs in the winter, why not get a few ducks? My kahkis lay year round unless they are molting

So im doing an experiment. It is winter and my hens are not laying as many eggs by far. I have read up on using cayenne pepper in water for hens to help increase egg production. Some say it works, others say its an old wise tale. From what I read it takes 2 days to take effect. It will not hurt...

Do you have weasels, or maybe black snakes around this time of year?

So my friend had a problem where his hens were making strange noises, and acting weird. Stopped laying. Wouldnt venture out and wouldnt go into the nesting boxes he converted from dog houses. Turned out there was a racoon stealing the eggs and hiding in one of the nesting doghouses in the...