Recent content by gek600

This is probably somewhere on here but apparently I am blind, when you gather your eggs do you wash them? with what? Right now I just run them under some water then dry them off and stick them in the fridge. The only reason I ask is I noticed that a lot of places carry egg wash and never...

They catch on young!!

Mt Healthy has a create your own mix and you can get what ever number of whatever breed you want. Not sure how backed up they are but I know they are who my feed store orders from and all the birds I have gotten from them have been super healthy and *knock on wood* no problems. I myself...

This darn chicken math is working its way into my head! I said I would have only 15 chickens + 1 guinea.... about that.... I now have 11 chicks in the brooder, 2 older chicks in the outside brooder, 2 laying hens and one guinea plus Im getting 5 more chicks at the end of the month and 2 more...

I remember reading something that the French consider guinea a delicacy, apparently they taste like chicken but moister and a deeper flavor. I haven't eaten one yet but I'm not going to turn it down if the opportunity presents itself.

Sounds like a migraine to me, I get them all too often and have found that excedrin works great (assuming your not allergic to acetaminophen) Hope your feeling better soon

I was oh so thrilled when I learned that my ladies love to eat those stupid things! Who says they have no natural predators in the US??

Quote: This! and as for the flooring I think that is a great idea but like a previous poster said make them go opposite ways to make it look great

Sorry you had to do that, however that is REALLY interesting to see!

I joined last year but got caught up in building and managing my flock and kind of forgot I had found yall, I want to try and be social again It has been quite the year, we got everything going had about 5 birds to start with then ended up with 5 more from various friends and a guinea then...

Hello I am brand new to everything chickens and figured this would be a rather helpful community in getting started and raising. I am working on building a house now and reading just about everything I can. I know I am going to make it big because from what I have read and how I know myself I...