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Agreed! We can have roosters in my city as long as nobody complains.

Especially when they all get together and sing.

In case you’re not aware, there is currently a bill on the governor’s desk that would prevent cities from creating ordinances against keeping backyard chickens. Single family homes only, but it would be a step in the right direction. No roosters, you must have a run, and you have to clean up...

I’ve found mud puddles to be more effective. Less water use and the crew can then bathe in the cool dirt.

Yellow sticky traps and the really stinky bait in the water traps.

I just put the first Tupperware full of water in the chest freezer today. I use a kiddie pool so everyone can get in at once if they want, but my crew is all grown or almost.

I like deep litter on bare ground. Pebbles will get dirty fast, sand blows around and quite frankly I think it stink after a while. Deep litter you get it wet once in a while and toss some scratch in there so the chickens stir it.

Chickens are smarter than people often give them credit for. My crew doesn’t eat oleander or chaste tree and I don’t keep them from it. I keep the mess cleaned up under it is all.

I would. Sand is not grit and they need it to help grind the food in their crops.

Mine didn’t care for greens that young; keep in mind they need grit if they get anything other than crumble and whatever you give will dilute their nutrition from the feed.

You can easily tint it yourself if you don’t like white. Lots of instructions and videos online. And lumber is easily cut with a simple jig saw which aren’t particularly expensive.

I use regular old barn paint. It’s available in red or white; I use white because it’s cooler. I don’t anchor, but my coop is big and heavy so it takes a lot to move it. We’ve had some serious gully washers, only one has moved it and that storm also took out a ten year old mesquite plus several...

Sugar water is actually not good for bees

I wish everyone had that attitude but they certainly don’t.

It gets easier with time, IE it’s easier to detach from the process, but it’s always a sad day. If you spend any time with your flock you can become attached even though you know you’re going to have to do the deed. If I need a few new girls I’ll let a broody hatch some eggs, but I decide how...

I’m sorry you lost a couple of girls. Easter eggers are just barnyard mixes really, many of them have a LOT of fluff and the heat we’ve been having can definitely do them in. I lost a couple of girls, not EE, to the heat as well. It will happen again, all you can do is your best to keep them...

Well they get to it when they can, so if it’s hot out the workers are out in it doing their jobs to make things better. Many people have regular A/C because a swamp cooler does nothing when it’s humid outside, I’m sure they weren’t trying to hurt anyone and just wanted to be cool themselves...

Yup, people give their animals antibiotics when they have no clue what they’re treating. They don’t finish the course and this creates stronger germs and the cycle begins again. SMH. Same with worming, you read it all over the place on here.

Interesting! They are so beautiful, I wish I had the room for some.

Awe, so cute!! Thanks for sharing :love How long after hatch before you know gender? I let my girls hatch these days, no time or space for hatching; once I had a broody hatch I was hooked on that option lol. So much less work! Also, I’m doing more broody breaking than anything, I don’t need or...