Recent content by Kalamity

67 and Sunny here in South Louisiana!

Spring cleaning! Removed sand litter, removed everything in the nesters and replaced with fresh shavings. Once it was all scrubbed we did a layer of food grade diatomaceous earth and then sweet pdz and then fresh river sand. Ladies super happy. We built a new chicken litter scoop too! We also...

They are: 14 Buff Orpinton's, almost a year old 5 Lavender Orpingtons, almost a year old 11 Black Autstralorps and I think a couple are Jersey Giants, they are at least 3

ALFACO 10 – WEIGHT GAIN & MAINTENANCE FORMULA Crude Protein, not less than……10.00% Crude Fat, not less than……8.00% Crude Fiber, not more than……14.00% The above is really a horse feed that is real popular with the chickens. Almost half the mash is this... Then we feed a chicken pellet, I don't...

Just fresh garlic?

We feed our chickens like royalty but they are SKINNY. They do not LOOK skinny, they have lovely feathers (ok, aside from that 1) and seem super healthy. They eat a fermented mash. They are also fed supplemental black oil sunflower seeds and a scratch. They are not all skinny, but some have...

Her tail was up

What would be the safest dewormer for egg layers? They get daily red pepper flakes, I wonder if I need to increase the amount they get?

We have a sick young hen. She is a Buff Orpington, she is 1 years old. Looking at her, she has a pale comb. Her feathers are perfect and she looks very healthy other than the comb. Her eyes are bright and has zero discharge of any kind. Very clean and healthy looking face other than the comb...

Had an idea and it cost about 15$ Wanted a better way to feed the mash and asked hubby to build this...chickens took to it quick! He put a smaller one in the coop since we had extra!

Could you tell me why?

We have 31 ladies right now. Here is the outside. Its not finished out and we have temporary fencing in front intil walk though gates are done to the grass area. We also poured a walkway because our soil get super slippery and the mud is awful, so this will help. I chose to line it because its...

We finally knocked our old coop down that was about 100 sq foot and built this! Almost 250 sq ft and almost 9 ft tall on the tall wall. We were just given this material they make giant grain bags with and we lined the whole coop. We have 4 huge windows, concrete slab with river sand litter and...

We bought as a pet. Named it Todd. Hoping it's a boy.... It's definitely got a Square top head. He's definitely got the strut ( but I know some females do too!) Anyone got a for SURE way to tell yet? He identifies as a badass....jumps on the cats and about to show the kitten some...

This is Tristan my son and his chicken Phantom. We have 9 Black Austrolorps and he knows them all!