It's a nice size coop & run you have so I dont think you have too many at all. Hand feed them & let them hear your voice when you walk towards the cage and you will have friendly birds. You will have too many when you cant keep up with the cleaning & it gets sloppy
Welcome to BYC & good luck with the chicks. My husband also thinks I'm crazy for loving my girls so much. He said that he doesnt like them but always stops on the road to see if the farmers are selling anything I would like. He found my list for MM and added HOT CHICKEN SOUP to the breeds I...
Hi Simone What are you taalkin about laugh that you are in Brooklyn. I grew up in Brooklyn. My parents live in Sheepshead bay. Where are you in Brooklyn. Did you look into a pigeon supply store. There is one on Neptune ave. in Coney Island across Totonos pizza. If you cant find any I can...
My girls were dust bathing all in a row yesterday when one came walking on each one of them until she got to the end of the row & dug herself in. What was so funny that not one got up. They all just patiently laid there being walked on.
Good luck with the chicks. My husband was against getting chicks also but I told him how I used to put eggs under the radiator when I was a kid & my father would yell at me because they broke & were from the fridge & not fertilized. What the heck did I know I was 10 & wanted chickens. I...
As soon as I say I have too many eggs my girls stop laying, so shhhhhh. Give them away, make quiche, cakes, make eggs with potatoes, onions & green peppers. Man I wish I had 20 acres. I have 10 girls and 25 more comming in May on 1/2 acres
I would put fencing on the inside of the window so predators couldnt get in. Also a good locking system on the door. I would make the run bigger & higher so if something landed on the top it, they couldnt rip the chicken thru. A hawk once ripped our ferret out of his cage which was 2 feet...