Im not sure about all this. Winter is making me pull my hair out.
The mentality of the original poster is the same Ive heard over and over and over in the months leading up to winter and I felt confident that my coop set up would be fine based on that info.
It seems that a small coop (ours...
Cute photos!
Thanks to a fast arriving and angry storm we had here in Alberta, my pulletts were intorduced to snow in a much more severe way. It went from green grassy run to Hip High on a Human snow drifts in their run OVERNIGHT! After I shoveled out a path and pecking area for them, I opened...
I wish my Mille Fleur Rooster was that friendly! When we brought our first batch of 2 day old chicks home I was really hoping my Mille would be a hen...such a cute chick and the sweetest calmest one of them all. Turns out he was a roo, and when the girls started laying he became nasty. By no...
Just found you on Facebook! Looking forward to everything you have to share, as we are trying to make the switch to green living. We have a five year plan, LOL Hopefully by the end we will supply most of our food sans additives and steroids and all that junk and we will be off grid and totally...
THANK YOU for posting this thread OP!
My scenario is exactly the same! This spring was our first time with chickens (headed into our first winter with chickens, and a little ervous! LOL) and I am seriously considering getting some guinea fowl next spring instead of a new batch of chickens. (We...
I am a first time chicken owner, and so when my EE started laying on the 3rd of August, I was so pleased to see a beautiful Mint Green egg each day after lunch. But then on the fourth day, I started seeing 1 additional egg in the nestbox which was a pinkish/beige color. I thought maybe it was...
YAY!!!!
I remember how excited I was the first time my girls did this too!!! When you are a first timer, you read so much online and in books about what SHOULD or COULD work, or even what ABSOLUTELY works for seasoned farmers, but until you actually try and succeed, you really dont know if it...
Thank You so much for your advice! I hadnt thought of strips of metal for keeping drafts out of the door cracks, I have some tin lyin around, might try to rig something up with that. I will also see if I can build some sort of covered area before the snow comes, and put the food out there...
If you would like to see pictures of my set up, please click on this link, which will lead you to a public album where I have posted some pics.
My rurally located satellite internet does not load pics onto this website very well...
In an effort to winterize our chicken coop/run for our first winter with chickens, I have a few questions, and hope that the more experienced poultry keepers will take the time to answer my questions, even if you feel like your beating a dead horse and repeating yourselves! :)
I HAVE 1 BUFF...
I feed my flock a commercial pellet (though I would switch to an organic feed if I could bloody well find it in my area, LOL) and I have 20 less Chickens than you do, so there arent many similarities to our scenarios.
But I did just want to add that I notice I lose A F**K LOAD of feed to wild...
Im betting most of you would enjoy this documentary my family and I watched the other day - talks alot about the GMO Soy beans in the US, but also has some other wonderful subjects to consider. (Click the link)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/
If I could find somewhere to buy but not...