Posts by AKsmama

I have an eight year old daughter going into third grade, and a six year old daughter going into first grade.  My eight year old carries her lunch every.single.day, so I understand about a nasty lunchbox.  I am firm believer in...

Yes, it is very common for new layers to lay eggs during the night from the roost.  Even experienced layers do it from time to time.  I would think it would be possible for both eggs to be hers- new layers do some weird things...

I always go out first thing in the morning in the t-shirt I sleep in and my muck boots to let the chickens out.  Very cute- not.  Fortunately my neighbors aren't close, my front yard is full of trees that makes it hard to see...

TouchO'Lass :Quote:Originally Posted by bt03 Texas is the only state in the US that is allowed to have it's flag flown at the same level as the US flag. It's a right we reserved along with being able to succeed at any point from the...

If you stuck your hand in a bag with fire ants, any number, there is no way in heck you wouldn't have gotten bitten.  There is no such thing as a docile fire ant.  You may have seen ants, but they were not fire ants if you...

Dangit, y'all!  Now I want some Eggies!  I have a few as-seen-on-tv products and most are pretty good.  I love my PedEgg.  Remember those storage containers that came in the spinning thing?  Yep, have those and...

We offer crushed oyster shells on the side along with the layer food.  (ETA: We just offer it in a small tube feeder and keep it full.  Don't mix it with feed.) They know when they need it and you don't want them pulling...

If I'm inside, I just don't answer the door.  But we installed an electric gate at the bottom of our driveway, so now nobody gets in that we don't want in.  I kid you not, the day after we installed the gate, the normal group...

Ah, but the beauty of the double coat is that the mud dries and falls off!  It amazes me- our GP Cassie will go to the creek with us, get horribly wet and muddy, and the next day, poof!  No mud.  Unfortunately the smell...

Oh, yay, more crabbers!  Hermit-crabs.com was where I did my initial research, and I've already joined and spent a few hours reading the forums at landhermitcrabs.com.  They do have fresh de-chlored water available as...