Posts by Southern Oregonihens

Also thinking of a couple of turkeys for the freezer... We don't have much space in our little ghetto, so they would run with the hens for a few months.  Any favorite books on the subject?

Do you have any friends who are homebrewers or welders? Get the smallest bucket they will all fit in, and drill two holes in the top. Attach a tank of CO2 or Argon to one of the holes, using the regulator to dial the pressure down to...

The bank has a right to deny you for a silly reason. You have the right to switch banks. DO IT. Join a credit union. Then you are an owner of your own bank. re: jrsckn: No one is superseding the law here, they are just denying a refi....

We harvest our coop cleanings about once a month. We collect it in a hardware cloth cylinder that also receives our kitchen waste and other yard wastes. Come the fall, we rake the leaves and spread them in a layer over the raised beds....

Sounds like they are using bird netting. You can get it at your local grange or garden store. It would probably be cheaper and easier than chicken wire. It should keep your girls in and avian predators out. It may not work with...

Why did you throw the eggs out? Could they have been there for over a week? If a chicken lays an egg a day, and wants to hatch a clutch of 6 all at once, it would take her a week to lay the eggs... The first egg is just as healthy as...

We had good success placing the feeder and water on some scraps of 1 1/4 plywood, maybe 8 to 10 inches on a side. The bedding is about that deep, but it won't track so far to the feeder/ waterer. If you are using a bigger...

Soooo Cool. Any advice on how I can get my sweetheart to see the wisdom of this undertaking.???

Like ChicKat said, look at the eggs closely (and the vents, if you can). Also, when did the hen in question hatch? Assuming she is the same age as the other RIR, she could be up to a month delayed and still be a "normal" layer. If she...

4 for 8. But two of our girls are retired, so .666, the devil's batting average