Posts by patandchickens

We have cold snowy winters too, though perhaps not *as* cold snowy as yours if you're in the U.P.  I would never contemplate giving my chickens less than 10 sq ft apiece indoors (plus roofed, 3-1/2-sides windblocked run) and even...

Ribs running down the slope is indeed the correct and only useful way to install them. (Otherwise the roof leaks and is not as strong).If you are concerned about dripping back under the high edge -- although IME this is minimal unless...

For a small coop like that, in a cold winter area, the best way IMO to ventilate it is into a roofed-and-mostly-windblocked run. I realize you don't at the moment have such a thing, but perhaps it'd be worth building one, even a small...

To clarify, my "not excessively athletically constructed" comment was pretty much just reflecting that she is significantly straight behind, with a short femur and straight (open) hock angle. Not that I would expect that to...

Basically, all that pic really reveals is that the animal in question is a bay female horse, not excessively athletically constructed but who cares. What matters to you is not, generally, the things that can be discerned from photographs...

It would help to edit this thread title to put your location in -- that way it may catch the eye of someone who's not otherwise highly interested in the subject, also it will clue readers in to your wanting geographic-specific info...

If they were behavin' their little selves, as Redcatcher's stallion apparently does, I'd say leave them be.But given that they appear to have difficulties with self-control and attention span, and are apparently a bit hard to handle, I'd...

Are amphiumas sold in the pet trade? Also, if it were an amphiuma, my experience with keeping them temporarily in tubs overnight before release would suggest that there would probably no longer be 2 zebra danios in the tank with it after...

The valuable N-converting bacteria are all over all the surfaces in the tank, not just in the filter. So, take the old gravel too, if you can (in a separate bucket, NOT in the tank -- trying to move tanks with gravel in them, especially...

If you want something "alternative" for goats and sheep, I would not recommend those things, I would recommend reading up on the various herbal-based dewormers on the market. At least one or two of them have been tested in...