Recent content by WiseSquirrel

Welcome from Northern California!

Welcome! Beautiful Chickens.

Yolk or Developing....researching

I will have it shortly. I just saw your thread and youtube link - going to check them out. We just received our beautiful chicks today :)

I’m just reading through these but an awesome video was done and popped on the main page. I’m terrified of doing it myself but even I could do it if I set my mind to it with that one. If you done see it say hey and I’ll track it down.

Love how you review your boiling and cooling method. Salt, now why didn't I think of that! I've only ever done mayo and paprika.

Hi all, I'm in Valley Springs. Howdy 'neighbors'. Just getting started and researching everything right now, just about ready to get some birds :)

pretty sure we are ok with chickens in my area but went to look it up just in case. There's nothing that I can find. Dogs and cats, but otherwise nothing about chickens/fowl/poultry. Is anyone good at tracking this down? Valley Springs, California - County is Calaveras. I want to just do it...

Excellent tutorial. I was shopping around for butchers to meet that inevitable need and saw this. Although I don't plan to, I absolutely could with this instruction and I'm hard to teach. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

Thank you for the warm welcome !

:oops: Sorry about that - read both yours and @silkiekeeper's together.

@Pork Pie Thank you for that link! :thumbsup I'll get used to finding things on here. Very helpful. I've heard about Silkies a lot but not any actual info. I can look them up but why do you like them?

@HobbitsMommie We were using the cyclone fencing because we have a huge roll of it leftover from the dog run, but maybe the frame and screening would work better. We are sure we are burying wire under the run so nothing can burrow under. I like the hoop runs too. Nesting boxes for sure...

Thank you, I'm glad you mentioned this, I hadn't seen space specs for them. We are covering their space to avoid predators, and I've looked up the hardware cloth. Originally we were going to use chicken wire and tarp (partial) over the top, but with space for about 9, I need to look into some...

This may seem odd, I hear people all the time saying/writing about chickens pecking at them when they get the eggs. The odd part - I grew up (through about 10) gathering eggs and haven't ever even had nudge from a chicken. I'm sure those beaks are no joke, what do you do to prevent the pecking...