Posts by Delmar

It's looking like I am going to have to get rid of Ziggy cause he plays too rough with my 18 month old grandson.   http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/731041/free-chicken-protecting-dog-in-northern-indiana  

I have a 5 year old black lab springer spaniel mix that is a wonderful chicken protector. He has co existed with my free range chickens for a couple of years now, and though he spends most of his time indoors in that two years we have...

It has been my experience that the broody seems to know if the hatch is over. I think if she is still interested in the eggs, you have some chicks that are doing OK.

How do I do that?  

My broody has been on the eggs every time I have checked and I expected that tomorrow  would be the day. Instead I came home today and she was off the eggs and they were sort of buried in the dirt and they were cold! I busted the...

My chickens free range, and they say to put golf balls where you want them to nest, but mine won't fall for the golf ball trick! I ended up emptying some real egg shells with the pin hole trick and filling the shell with sugar.

I'm a few days late. Can I still play? Our friend gave us 6 Cayuga duck eggs to incubate. I was going to fire up the bator, but our best broody hen  decided she was ready for another go at motherhood so I gave them to her today. I...

I have been known to brag about the fact that my Black Lab Ziggy is such a good protector of the flock. I didn't really have to train him. I just said no when he made any aggressive moves toward my birds and he caught on to the idea...

Quote: Originally Posted by EweSheep  For those who can not bury pets or cremate them, here is the hair brained idea, dunno if it would work or make it worse. Feel free to add the ideas...

A couple of winters ago we had a deer that must have got hit by a car, run into my back yard before it died. I didn't trust the meat because I didn't know how long it had been there. So I built a bonfire and burned it. You just keep...