Recent content by TammyRoesch

That is the vinyl I have on the wall, under their roost

I just saw all these bugs in my coop! Never had this before....what are they? HELP!!!

Would you be able to post a picture or two of your run with the plants? I'd love to see it!

Thank you for your post....I was just trying to find some advice on this as I, too, have a very large run for them...and want to make it productive and beautiful :)

Thank you, DobieLover! She's on the ground floor of the coop, snuggled in between a couple of cement blocks....I was hoping to hear that....I don't have a good way of separating her and the chicks from the rest of the flock....Thank you so much for your help!

Good morning! I have a Hen that is 8 months old and has been sitting on eggs for 4 days...if she successfully hatches the chicks, do I need to remove them all to a separate area or will she protect them from the other hens and rooster? This is all a first time thing for me and her :).

Thank you :).

I have another question for you all :). My girls are young, just 4.5 months. The eggs seem on the small side. As the girls get bigger, will the eggs get bigger or does that not change?

A "Greenie" means I am NEW and don't know anything :). Thanks for your post :)

I'm a Greenie :). My 44 - 4.5 month old hens are just beginning to lay eggs. Some of them have speckles and other markings. Is this normal? I just want to make sure that it doesn't mean they are lacking anything in their diet. Thanks for your help in advance!

I really appreciate the advice...thank you!

Yes, I wouldn't want them to start brooding yet...it's very cold here, we are in OHIO...but I'm just trying to think ahead as to what I have to build to encourage them, in the coop. I don't really have NEST BOXES...as you can see in the picture above, the red contraption is where they are to...

thank you very much!

My girls are 4.5 months old and several of them just started laying a week ago. I would like to encourage them to brood and raise some baby chickens for us. What is the best way to do that? Do I need to build anything special in the coop? Right now, they just have the roost and a place to...

Well, my daughter cut the beak today and it couldn't have gone better....she didn't fight us at all....thank you all for the encouragement!