Posts by ChickChickChicky

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashdoes  Anyone have a natural way to get rid of the gnats in my houseplants?     Refer to this webpage for several methods of getting rid of fungus gnats in soil...

Thought some of you might like an update on my alfalfa experiment. As you can see from the photo below, the alfalfa came thru the winter well and is already about 4-6" tall. I have been letting the girls out on supervised grazing...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashdoes  We built a seat in the run, and stained it with no problems. I also made a wooden stand for one of the waterers, to keep dirt out, and stained that. We've got plenty of time for it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashdoes  That makes sense, getting trees that bloom at the same time. Wish they would list them better. I've gone to arborday.org and picked a few trees from there as well. The Pixie Crunch...

Someone asked about their chickens being turned loose in poison ivy and poison oak. The birds will love the berries, and in eating them will help disperse the seeds (just like the wild songbirds do). And the birds do not develop any...

Someone asked "what is a debeaked chicken?". It's a chicken that has had the tip of its beak chopped off. The procedure is performed on chicks (usually at 1 day old), and since it's done by holding the chick up to a machine,...

Quote: Originally Posted by pigeonguy  Neighbor buys comets or red sex links or production reds don't really know which and never ask from an Amish egg farm every spring. These are laying.The farm has thousands and...

Artificial eggs, produced with NO chicken involved, if not already on the market they will be very soon... http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/14/sf-company-cooks-up-sustainable-alternative-to-eggs/   Here's a small...

Quote: Originally Posted by yinepu      production layers DO have a higher incidence of cannibalism...  which is one reason it is standard practice to debeak them    They...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kilsharion  So, I'm reading through this thing...and, there are some things that jump out at me.     They had 30 birds age 16-38 weeks in a space that was 8...