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  1. Mrs. K

    How cold is too cold for my chickens?

    The problem I had with warm mash, was it quickly freezes solid. Mine like corn bread much better!
  2. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    This actually is success. They will be two separate groups co existing until the chicks begin to lay. It is the strangest thing, they very separate groups and then one day you go down, and the division is gone and they are one flock. That ignoring them, or “ this is my space” is proper chicken...
  3. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    The letting the chicks self determine when to come out and slip back is key. The thing is chasing is work and with several, it will get tiring, you are past the worst, I am pretty sure.
  4. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    Do report back. I am expecting almost nothing.
  5. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    Each of us do this differently. I would want my chicks in the big girls coop. I would keep the big girls in the little coop for a few days. Are the young birds roosting in the big girls coop? That is what you want. Then I would open let the big girls out into the run with the chicks about...
  6. Mrs. K

    Molting at -10 degrees F

    No, she will be fine. It just seems crazy to loose all their feathers in the winter, but they do and live go tell the tale! As long as she is active and eating I have learned to stop worrying about it. If you have adequate roosting space, places where they have adequate wind protection AND GOOD...
  7. Mrs. K

    Chicken Bullying

    As you are finding out, being raised together has almost no influence on their behavior. While one hates to let birds go, it is worse just wishing they would all get along and being disappointed when they don’t.
  8. Mrs. K

    Aggressive mating behaviour: a recent review of the literature

    I had a mature rooster and two cockerels. They hatched in late May. I culled the old and one young cockerel this fall. I really expected the remaining one to come into his own, but he seldom crows. Only my pullets are laying. I assumed they were fertilized but now I wonder.
  9. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    If a chicken can see every other chicken 100% of the time, you don't have enough clutter. Think of the vertical space they are not using. Add some roosts 3-5 feet off the ground. In that space I would have some pallets making vertical walls, just something a bird can step around and be mostly...
  10. Mrs. K

    Integration Roadblock and Questions

    More is better. A pallet up on blocks or even up on rocks, chicks can scoot under it, bigs are slowed, I often feed there for chicks. Do have multiple feed bowls out sight of birds eating some where else. Good luck, hope you feel better!
  11. Mrs. K

    New chickens, how long should I quarantine

    Really need pictures of your set up. You have to determine your risk level. I have often got birds from somewhere else, but I know what I am risking. You are risking a high number of birds. If I have the count right, you currently have 30 birds, + a small garden flock? Is there a rooster in...
  12. Mrs. K

    Molting in winter

    Really they will be happier if you do nothing. It seems so wrong to molt in winter, but they do and generally do fine.
  13. Mrs. K

    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    Coyotes, raccoons, bald eagles, golden eagles, red tail hawks, bobcats, and an occasional mountain lion. I have good brush, but the bobcats and coyotes will hide in that. I have a dog, but he is a cattle dog, and out numbered. I really don’t need 20-30 hens, after years I have a set up that is...
  14. Mrs. K

    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    very lucky, the predators would wipe me out.
  15. Mrs. K

    Real world experiences with rooster to hen ratios 18 to 2?

    @Perris - How much space do you have? Do you free range most days?
  16. Mrs. K

    Checking frequency for sick or injured chickens

    You know, I have often wondered about this. As for me, chickens just go about chickening. However, I am a realist, and I do not expect them to live forever, and really I don't cuddle my chickens. My chickens get a lot of fresh air, sunshine, exercise, and not excessive feed. They fly up to...
  17. Mrs. K

    Rooster attacking former head hen?

    If this is your first year, you are not supposed to have them, you didn’t want them and they eat more without producing eggs, and you don’t want these breeds in the future I would recommend culling both roosters. Roosters often cause more problems and the more you have, the greater the chance...
  18. Mrs. K

    Is frostbite avoidable without electric heating? Should I add heat to my coop?

    It is more important to keep them dry.
  19. Mrs. K

    Is frostbite avoidable without electric heating? Should I add heat to my coop?

    The only way water will stay warm, is if you either have a huge amount, as in hundred of gallons, or you have it in insulated containers. A gallon of hot water, would cool off in a couple of hours.
  20. Mrs. K

    1 year old hen suddenly stopped laying

    I bet she is hiding them somewhere.
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