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PS The aviary netting I bought at Orchard Supply cost about $25, and it was 12x 40 ft I believe, so it fit perfectly, and while it's not the strongest stuff in the world, I believe if a hawk hit it, it would at least tangle him up and slow him down enough to give me time to run out there. Now...

Hi Urban Scratch, Your set-up sounds almost identical to mine except mine is about 10'x40' on the side of my house. What I have done is stapled aviary netting to my house near the gutters, then drape it down at an angle to my 6 foot wooden fence, and stapled it on there too, then I have...

You Should check Color pigeons loft out! He's in NC too, this is where I'm getting my birds from! CONTACT INFO: Danny Joe Humphrey 1650 John Mewborne Rd. Kinston, NC 28504 1-800-527-0918 Email Visit my Website for a 30 minute Pigeon video and 300 pictures! We charge actual postage fees plus...

Hi Everyone! I'm from Manteca, so I guess this is the right thread!! Anyway, I have just posted an ad on Craigslist, and thought I would post here too. If this is the wrong spot, feel free to move my post, I'm just trying to reach local people though!! I have a beautiful 24 week old Black...

I'm going to try the cottage cheese! That seems like a great idea, I bet they love the tasty little morsels!! I already give them a plate of some feed mixed with mixed veggies, hardboiled egg, yogurt and other treats like raisens or flax seed every day!! They get that in the morning, then they...

My BA is the loudest!! My Faverolles is next in line, then my Splash Marans just whines all day, she is such a baby, she hasn't even layed an egg yet at 24 weeks!

Thank you everyone for all your great responses! I really am stressed out and I'm on the verge of getting rid of them. It's so hard, but like right now its almost 11am and they have been making alot of noise since about 7...they were quiet for about an hour when I watered my garden and they were...

Thanks kellysmall87 and Jack. They are being sooo quiet now, of course not before my closest neighbor was out there bringing in his trashcan...they really gave him a show...I have never been so stressed out in my life!!!!! Thank goodness I get to go pick up my son from school in a few...

OMG....So they are 22 and a half weeks old, and suddenly they started making all this noise, especially today! Junie, my salmon faverolles layed her first egg today, and she was a bit loud until then, now she is being good, but Velvet, my BO is going Bawk bawk bawk abwk abwk at the top of her...

Hi everybody! Well, my husband was just offered a job in Fresno, so it looks like we will be moving soon. From what I can decipher, chickens are NOT allowed in Fresno, can anyone verify that? I was thinking perhaps we could move to Madera instead, but I can't find any info on keeping hens there...

I do both.....at night I take their water and food out of the run and put it in their coop on some bricks, then in the morning I give them clean water and fill their food if necessary, and place it in the run. That way I'm not leaving any yummies out to attract rats or anything, and as a bonus I...

This first photo is absolutely adorable!

Does anyone know how to tell the sex of a lutino budgie? His/her cere is a pinkish grey