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Quote: Originally Posted by chickenstricken  that's only a little over 160 bees at that price.     how about .018ea    I haven't even looked into top bar hives, so I...

Anyone attending the Rare Breed Show at Garfield Farm in a week?    If I go, I'll come home with more chicks...that might be a bad thing, unless I build another coop in the week between!  LOL!  Hmmmmm, I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by deserthomestead  me too! I chose chickens because I already had most of the things I needed and the overall startup cost was much lower.   I built our top bar beehives from 'extra'...

Quote: Originally Posted by chickengeorgeto  Traditionally there are two corks in a wooden queen cage, one on each end. One of these corks has candy behind it and one doesn't.  The hole with no candy...

I'm sorry to hear of your difficulties.  This is what I feed as a 'treat' food that could temporarily substitute for parrot food.... a mix of any or all of the following diced to the appropriate sizes of the birds:  rice,...

Quote: Originally Posted by RAST   Yes that wonderful smell stays until the comb gets old and black and should be removed.   Fabulous scent!  That's why beeswax candles are so fragrant.  Here...

Quote: Originally Posted by RAST  Life is Good, slow down your time expectations a little. First the Queen has to take a mating flight and hopefully mate with 15-20 drones and return alive, no bee eating birds etc. Then...

Bees are such amazing things!    Our packages (2) are doing well.  Building out comb so fast it's just incredible.  We've got observation windows in our hives, so we can peek at will (yeah!).  One hive has...

I found this site interesting enough to bookmark.  It's not a cone, but near as close as possible....   http://ramblingredneckmom.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-process-chickens-at-home.html   I know I had found a...

If you haven't got a cover for their dog kennel run, go get a tarp and put it shiny side up to reflect sunlight.   You can also put a couple of box fans on them to help keep them cooler.  If it's in front of a...