Posts by Red Barn Farms

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Quote: Originally Posted by Nathan Sampson  I have seen a lot of the links fir the free books and i have the app on my computer but ti tells me i have to pay for them i can not borow them. Yes, you have to get...

Quote: Originally Posted by CGinJCMO  You have to get them while they are free (usually for only 24 hours).  By the time I get home & on computer, it's late in the evening and there's not many hours...

Our flock is very tame for starters which helps tremendously. For a few on the shy side of the free ranging ones I just bend over and pick a blade of grass in front of the one I might want to pick up and they come over to investigate...

It's my understanding from information I have read online they are not poisonous to poultry. Our chickens are around the trees and fallen berries and do not pay them any attention.

    http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Backyard-Chickens-ebook/dp/B00A2ZN1YA%3FSubscriptionId%3D1GVBN9WWNVXC5DBPE502%26tag%3Dkiq-free-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00A2ZN1YA

I know video posts seem to get fewer comments but I had to share this one.  The chick is about four weeks old and is a Golden Campine / Frizzle mix bantam.  First day outside and on real...

Quote: Originally Posted by fishnet1971  awwwwww love fluffy butt chicks!!!!! frizzles give me goosebumps!!!! so cute. great video. Makes me want Spring to come already to get more chicks.   The mommy is a...

Mixing non-sweetened plain yogurt into chick starter feed can reduce the pasty butt which is common in baby chicks.  I add a couple spoonfuls of room temperature plain yogurt into the chick starter food.  Once mixed leave it...

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