Posts by BigMama

It wouldn't take a dog long to dig under the fence.  I would let them free range when you know that you are going to be home until they go in to roost.  Nothing is funnier than my husband, kids, and I chasing chickens and...

I would love to have your Silkie's.  I'm in the Northeast corner of Iowa and would gladly meet you in Dubuque if they are still available.  Right now we have 25 California Whites and 3 Wyandotes, I would love to get more...

Wow, did I open a can of worms or what!  I've been away from the computer for quite awhile and was suprised when I checked on this thread.  I was a little irritated with my MIL when I started this thread.  But she is a...

Thanks for all the great advice!  We now only let the girls out when we know that we are going to be home  to keep an eye on things!The dogs have been back and hubbie did talk to the neighbors about their dogs with no results,...

Don't get me wrong, I love my mother-in-law.  But . . . she is always dropping hints or telling me how things should be done.We are next door neighbors and she usually walks her dog across the field and through our yard back to the...

My husband and I were very naive thinking that our girls and roo would be fine free ranging during the day.  And they were for about 4 months and then three went missing.  The neighbor told my in-laws that their dogs were...

I found an egg like this a couple of weeks ago in my nesting boxes.  Ours was more narrowed in the center like an hour glass or a figure eight, like it didn't seperate all the way.  Ours was a double yoke also, but it wasn't...

When we processed ours, my daughter collected all of the heads and put them in a baggie in the freezer.  She planned on taking them to school for show and tell.Needless to say the heads disappeared a few days later, I don't think...

Hey Everybody,Thanks for the great information.  I just wanted to report back that it will be officially one week tomorrow since the girls started laying eggs.  Out of 20 hens we have got 9 eggs both yesterday and today. ...

Footloose, Grease, The Big Chill,  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(old version) Dirty Dancing, Days of Thunder, Ann of Green Gables  Just a few more of those feel good movies, in my opinion anyway.