Posts by haff

They make muzzles for chickens? I cured my dogs of barking at the wind by wiring one of those bark actuated collars to an air horn. Every time they barked the horn blasted. After a week they only barked at real causes. (UPS guy and that...

My girls would go nuts for a feast like that. Sounds like a good thing to me.

The point is, you shouldn't try to stop it. Its going to happen. Best to come to peace with it.

I just picked up 3 lovely ladies who are about 1 year old. I am adding them to my flock of 9 ladies who are around 12 weeks old. The 12-week birds were vaccinated by the hatchery, but the three I just picked up have had no...

I have the missus my expected budget. But I missed a bunch of stuff, and I overbuilt it a bit, so as I flew past the budget tensions got a bit high. But its done now and she likes it, so back to normal. I'm sure you guys will get through...

How does that happen? Don't hatcheries keep the breeds separate?

Five or six weeks ago I received my chickens from My Pet Chicken. 8 barred rocks, 4 New Hampshire Reds, all female. All 12 are doing well and doing expected chicken things, eating drinking, pooping, and freaking out anytime I change...

A night scope and something that goes bang perhaps.

On my windows th ere is a small removable pieced of plastic on the inside track. Behind it is the spring assembly. If you remove those you should be good to go.

My 12 chicks go through about a quart a day. Surprising to me, but they seem quite happy and very active.