Posts by spoildegg

My family adopted our friends rooster. He was sold to them as a female chick, but ended up a big, beautiful Buff Orpington. As he got bigger he became territorial and eventually he attacked my friend! They had 5 chickens that we free...

I have had a few problem birds around my house. This is what I found when I was looking for this answer. Good luck!     Retrieved from http://www.unitedwildlife.com/AnimalsHawksOwls.html      ...

My 5 year old got a dose of the campylobactor bacteria. She was horrible sick for a few weeks.It was horrible! Our dogs and goats seem to think the ducks pool is a good water source...yuck! None of them have ever had health issues from...

I don't know about seven, but have had success with Hi-yield garden, pet,& livestock dust. Last summer we had fleas really bad and couldn't get id of them on our dogs. We realized the chickens were covered too. The owner at our...

We have used the bucket method, but ran a dowel through a pop can and put peanut butter on it so when they touch it they spin into the water. We have recently had the population explode around our animal pens. We tried the live traps...

We have pigs and the chickens & ducks & goose make their rounds to the pig bucket everymorning after they eat scratch and bread. The chickens will definatly eat anything, but the ducks come by and pick and choose what they...

I have come to this site many times in the last year for questions on our new additions to our mini farm. We found one of our ducks this winter dragging herself with her wings. We were getting ready to butcher one of our males and...