Recent content by Deb Striegel

Yes, I have! LOL! Anything can be made better with a hen cuddle, a hug and a cup of tea :-)

I've been watering like crazy as well and I only have 8 geese and a 1/2 acre yard so it's good so far. What I do when they don't get to free-range is put grass hay like I feed the horses in a hay net and hang it so they can't get caught in it but so they can reach it. They have a ball and they...

I LOVE my geese too! I have 8 geese now but the last four I got as goslings. They were raised in the house in a playpen for the first month, then I moved them to the chicken house. They imprinted on me...now at three months old they still follow me around the farm. When I walk ouside I just...

Since I have had a variety of parrots for a number of years when I think of a "bite" I think blood and none of my chickens have ever drawn blood so to me it's all just a peck. Not that a peck from a full-grown chicken doesn't hurt. Anyway, I am now on my second batch of hens. I have 5 "old"...

OMG Lainey...prayers are with you. Get well...relax...enjoy your chickens and forget about the wicked witch of the Tyson chickens. LOL!

I completely agree here. It's your farm and you don't have a contract with Tyson so you should not fall under any of their regulations. I would be worried about having my chickens anywhere close to one of their facilities but I doubt there are any county regulations saying you can't have your...

If I show these pictures to my geese they will go on strike, I just know it! They have to share a 16' x16' house with chickens. I'm now in the process of dividing the house into screened rooms. Thanks for the idea on ventilation but how much should I cover them in the winter? I'm at 7100'...

I love the way she set up her separate areas. I have been looking for ideas on how to separate my large hen house (not nearly as large as hers) in two parts. Thanks for the solution. I also have geese and they enjoy a space of their own too.

Thanks Fred, I appreciate the info. Guess I'd better do some research on the various nutrition in the grains I have available. Our local mil used to do custom mixes but the "mix master" retired so I haven't been there in awhile. I'll stop by and see if they do and just come up with my own...

Greetings everyone. I'm sure this topic has been discussed but I just re-registered having forgotten all my access info. Anyway, I'm looking for a good scratch grains recipe because I've noticed a lot of waste when feeding commercial scratch. My hens just aren't all that happy with all the...