Posts by sharol

Of course, that would just be as a treat, right?  Chick starter makes a better foundation until they actually are ready to lay (if you are talking about chicks). Quote: Originally Posted by azer  No they could...

have you ever tried Sugar Snap peas?  You eat the pods, but you wait for them to fill out to pick them.  They look fat like regular peas, but the pods are as tasty as the seeds.  That way you don't have to shell them....

I'm coming up on day 18 (Friday).  What did you do that caused the problem with your 2nd hatch?  I want to avoid it (whatever it was) Quote: Originally Posted by PaKettle  Dolfi, your hatch date is the...

Butch had been ill for over a week, so I felt lucky to get as many fertile as there were.   The up side is that the person I got him from a little over a year ago has his son (hatched a week after I took him) and said she...

I set 19 eggs on June 3.  My rooster died a couple of days later (we knew he was dying, so I set the last of his viable eggs).  When I candled at day 7, there were 7 clears, so I had 12 still there.  Yesterday, I took...

Never mind, I found more info.  Supposedly in Mexico they cook it up like scrambled eggs.  It is called "caca de luna."  (chuckle)  It isn't harmful to animals or humans unless you are sensitive to its...

Is this stuff poisonous for chickens?  (if they get into it)   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuligo_septica   It is also known as "dog vomit mold" or "scrambled egg mold."   Of course there isn't anything...

I have to put a cement block on the base of the twisty one or my dachshund will drag it over to play in the water.   Quote: Originally Posted by sunflowerparrot  I thought about them - but could so see my GPs...

I tend to agree with you..  I am not a fan of snakes in the sense that I want to handle them, but they eat lots of rodents and for the most part are good members of the environment.  I don't kill them, I avoid them.  My...

I got the twisty ones from Bluestem and Sutherlands.  I've seen them at Home Depot and Lowes too.  The little hose one came from Bluestem (it was cheaper than the same thing from Amazon)....