Cackleberry Coop

26/02/2024

The ladies (and boy) are living their best lives 🤩🥰
Hoping with all this nice weather, that they start eating the box elder bugs 🐞 😆

19/02/2024

We brought the girls home yesterday 🥰

16/01/2024

They gobbled it right up!! 😋🤌

16/01/2024

Made beef enchiladas yesterday - save the grease and give to the birds!

21/08/2023

Saves me so much time 👌

14/08/2023

Not my picture, but wow 😳😮 who knew?!

08/08/2023

A good dog doesn't just happen. It takes work (training), consistency and time. Maverick is 7 months old and could care less about the chickens and chicken nuggets! This didn't happen overnight and I continue to keep an eye on him when he is out with the birds - he is after all still a puppy.

31/07/2023

I hope this is legit 🤣🤣👌🚨

30/07/2023

Know the short comings of your coop and address accordingly. Our coop is really a Costco shed that we've made into a coop and whenever it rains hard the walls tend to leak. I pull all the dry bedding towards the center, scoop out the wet, add PDZ odor neutralizer down (not that our coop stinks by any means, but I do think it helps keep the flies down. They've really not been bad this year.)
Once dry, I spread the bedding around a bit 👌

28/07/2023

Big Mama and the hatchlings made it outside today for the first time 🥰

27/07/2023

😂

24/07/2023

Just a girl loving up on her chickens 😍💞

23/07/2023

I thought finally getting our first egg 🥚 from our chickens felt like Christmas morning.. well finding all the eggs hatched out is like that, but better 🤩😁
Makes the chick count to 4!
Any guesses on how many are roosters? 😆😆

22/07/2023

Super egg-cited!!!! The eggs big mama has been sitting on are finally hatching!! She's a first timer as am I. I knew for sure 2 were fertilized, but 2 I wasn't sure about. We shall see!
🐥🐣

21/07/2023

😂😂

19/07/2023

Made an outdoor brooder for the chicks out of heavy duty plastic and an old A-Frame swing set. Works great!

12/07/2023

Guess what? Chicken Butt!!
But seriously, did you know if your chicks have a blocked vent (aka pasty butt or p**py butt) they can and will die? Fear not! The fix is simple!
Get a warm, saturated washcloth and hold it onto chicks bottom to loosen the dried p**p.
**Be sure to not pick/ pull the poo!! Their skin is so delicate you could pull their skin off (or so I've read! I sure won't be the one to find out!)
Gently rub the poo off. Their bum will dry and be fluffy again 😄

11/07/2023

Not entirely sure what I'll do with chicks/sick birds when our breezeway is gone when we remodel 😅

11/07/2023

If you get chickens, what will you do when your birds stop laying eggs? There several options -
1. Cull - aka put to sleep / eat
2. Try to re-home (depending on where you are/who you know, not many people want older hens)
3. Keep them

08/07/2023

Visited a friend's farm and her ducks and geese hatched out their own eggs 🤩🥰
We picked up hatching eggs from her as well (well, should be fertilized eggs) because we've got a broody hen! 🐣

06/07/2023

One lady is in the nesting box.... CC wants in.. but there's 2 other nesting boxes available... 🙄😂

23/06/2023

Great way to let your birds beat the heat!! Thinking I'll give this a try!

23/06/2023

My little roo helping collect eggs😘🤩
Her name is Rory, and she is S P I C Y 🔥 ! Like, look at her wrong in the morning and she's 👿 screaming her head off, spicy.
I saw a post that said once "a rooster can start their morning off screaming, so why can't I?" 🤣 That's my Rooster ☺️

20/06/2023

When I say I feed my birds almost all of our food scraps I'm not joking. Making chicken pops from left over smoothie 🥤, old strawberries 🍓, and left over apple pieces my toddler refused to eat 🍎. Added water, put on a cookie sheet and freeze ❄️
Perfect summer treat for the ladies 💁‍♀️

13/06/2023

Today's the day! See you there!

Who doesn't love a good dust bath?! ;) Next week you're welcome to come to Muskego Feed & Seed LLC for a *free* chicken chat! We'll go over how to raise a healthy flock, how to get started, different coops, keeping your birds safe from predators, and so much more! Some of these lovely ladies will make an appearance as well 🐣 *Time: 5:30pm

07/06/2023

Who doesn't love a good dust bath?! ;) Next week you're welcome to come to Muskego Feed & Seed LLC for a *free* chicken chat! We'll go over how to raise a healthy flock, how to get started, different coops, keeping your birds safe from predators, and so much more! Some of these lovely ladies will make an appearance as well 🐣 *Time: 5:30pm

02/06/2023

So often people worry about how to keep their birds warm in winter, when in reality, keeping them cool in summer is just as important, if not more!
Keep in mind, for them it's like wearing a winter coat all year long.
I decided to freeze in silicone muffin trays, various veggies and water. This will help keep them hydrated, and provide mental enrichment.
I found a cheap sun shade at Aldi for $20. Hubby will help me properly secure it, but for now I just put it up 'hillbilly style' as hubby said 🤣

30/05/2023

We're super excited to announce we're having another Chicken Chat at Muskego Feed & Seed LLC June 13th! Come learn about raising a healthy flock 🐣

08/05/2023

The ladies were LOVING the 80* weather, dust bathing and digging for grubs, bugs & worms in hubby's new driveway 😀