Posts by Birdgardengal

Where in WA are you?  We live in Ephrata.  We have three, black and silver with blue highlights, cochin chickens that hatched Halloween.  One is a cockerel and 2 are girls.  They are very tame.  Our 7 year old...

We used to live in Sacramento, CA and I worked at the Sacramento Army Depot, right in the middle of the city and there were several coyotes living on the back of the base.  They ate the rabbits that lived there and came into the...

I was told to use instant grits (powered kind) to get rid of ants when you can not use poisons.  You find it by the instant potatoes in the stores.  the ants carry it back to the nest and eat it and as soon as they drink water...

You mean cooked rice, spaghetti and oat meal?  Left overs?  I have never gave mine that.  They love any kind of fruit or breads.  It sounds funny  giving them pasta, but I will try it.  I never thought of...

Sorry, I wasn't thinking of the Alligator Turtles.  They can do alot of damage.  And do get very large! We lived in California until just two years ago and we had a rescue/rehab for turtles (all kinds of tortoises, box turtles,...

I am about ready to put my smaller chicks in with the older bunch also.  Thanks both of you for the good ideas.

XKE4,Your duck platform is GREAT! 

Catfish,Why would you shoot the turtles?  What kind of a problem could they cause you?  They sit on logs and sun themselfs.  They eat the fish that are dead mostly bugs or greens. They do not make any loud sounds. ...

HI EVERYONE!I cannot believe how much this has grown!  This is a wonderful place to learn ideas and exchange information and just plain chicken fun.  I joined this site to learn about chickens because I have always wanted them...

Our granddaughter (who is 7) just named one of our new babies Pecker Mc'Pecker.  Because it keeps pecking at the rest even though it is the smallest.  I can't wait to here the rest of the names she comes up with!