Posts by akashia26

because europeans were "civilized" everyone else was a "savage". civilized people are advanced enough to build cities while savages live in villages. the idea kinda falls apart when you remember that they were calling india, china, and...

fox or small dog

a possum just killed 4 maybe 5 of my little ones. the broody box is on the front porch. my hen is ok and i know at least 7 of the 12 she had are ok. i recovered 3 bodies and the possum ran off with the 4th. set the trap with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikedero    Not sure if this is true as he never set foot on the mainland. If your initial answer to this question was to think, "Of course he did!" you might have to think...

see kentucky egg marketing law. here http://lrc.ky.gov/recarch/98RS/HB258.htm

don't know about a predator that will hoard them, but chickens will all lay in the same nest. and if none want to set they tend to pile up.

get a metal garbage can fill it half full of water and scatter scratch or whole corn on top. put some chicken wire over the top. that will prevent the chickens from falling in but lets the rats in. lean a few sticks over it up to the...

right now i have 3 roosters, a 4 yo silver laced wynedotte, and 2, 9 month old mutts. henry is a bit old but is mean as a snake. doesn't like anyone or anything except the other chickens. you have to watch him while you are outside,...

still got a dozen and mamma is getting more protective by the day. so cute to see them scurrying around the yard with her. most have wing and tail feathers in now. a few late bloomers though.

yep they are.