Posts by ZuniBee

I get mine from Ron at Seven Springs Farms in Virginia. I just call him and tell him I want food grade DE and he ships in 50 bags by UPS. Very nice guy and great service.http://www.7springsfarm.com/catalog.html#DERon Juftes - Phone:...

Not sure what the chickens would do but when we raised ostrich the chicks would eat the ants and get bit in the throat. They would have a bad reaction with swollen throats and die. The way we learned to cure this problem was to give a...

Couldn't help but snicker a little reading your story.....especially "I never said I was a great huntress, and my aim is not good, so there's a bit of collateral damage."  I could just picture it! Congrats on winning that...

Congratulations! What colors did you get? Glad to hear the egg carton worked!

It's about a 2 hour drive for me. Worth the trip if I know the right birds will be there. I'm looking for Partridge Rock hens, RIR rooster, Jersey Giant hens. Anyone going to have any of these there?

I'm in Eastern Virginia and my broody hatched 7 four weeks ago and I put another 11 under her. She has been raising 18 for 4 weeks. As long as you have a draft free place I don't believe it is too cold. Of course when the chicks hatched...

Seems like everyone has a different experience. Mine are 4 weeks old and she has had them outside all day for the last week. I have noticed her pecking at a couple of them but she can't really get away because they are in the same pen....

How long do chicks stay with the broody hen? Anyone know how to tell when the broody is ready to be back in with the other birds and leave the chicks?

What are the blue birds on your website?The blue birds are my Blue Jersey Giants.

Last week I bought a pair and a trio of Millie FLeur d'Uccles from the Crosstimbers Ranch in Texas. We selected Monday of this week to ship since our weather was going to be exceptionally warm Monday, Tuesday and, today.At 730 this...