I wish I could get pictures uploaded but I'm having issues doing that. My coop is about waist high. I blocked off the nest boxes since the girls are only 5 weeks. I do plan on using pine shavings once they start laying, is that a good ideas r is straw better In the boxes??
I don't have any...
Tonight is my girls first night in their new coop. Like any mama hen, I'm worried about them and hope it's a good night. Is there a camera that will be able to be hooked up wireless without any electricity run in the coop?
We actually have two of these crates. They are identical in size. I was going to use them side by side and use one as storage. After reading this( after months and months researching on here, I can't believe I missed the recommended space for each bird.). Such a slacker!!!
So now the plan is to...
We got our first chickens 3.5 weeks ago. They've been in our finished basement in a borrowed oversized dog crate. We put a tub of dirt and sand mixture in their crate and they love it. 3 gold sex links named Hermione, Layla and lady Gaga. Lady Gaga might be a rooster which would be quite funny...
My 6 chicks are three weeks old. 3 are gold and 3 black. One of the gold sex links looks different from the other two. Their feathers are coming in and all but this one has long tail feathers. She has a red tip on her beak. As a new chick she had brown tipped wings and the red beak. Now she is...
Our chicks are 3 weeks old. I have them in a extra large dog crate our friends let us borrow. The bottom has a large black tray that I have covered with paper towels. They've been in here for a week and a half. They are growing great. I've been feeding them chick starter. I just noticed...
The girls are a week old now. 2 of the little beauties have been spreading their wings and trying to escape. One has flown on top of the waterer. My dad brought buy a bigger tote that is probably double the size of what we just had them in and a few inches taller. We have some metal organizer...
Our chicks are almost a week old. I've been using paper towels and then I scatter a handful of the pine shavings in. So far it's going well. Easy to clean up.