Recent content by Kyanite

After enough interaction that isn't scary, the chickens will get comfortable with the dog. My chickens will walk right under my dogs, and even stand on and peck at them when the dogs are lounging. Keep in mind that once the chickens are comfortable with your dog, they may not see any dog as a...

I raise rabbits for meat and fur. The meat is for both us and our dogs. We like supplementing their diet with home grown food. We have 6 does and haven't bred a litter since last summer because our freezer is too full! We don't deal with predators much because we house our rabbits inside an...

I had a duck nest get cleared out the other day. It was inside my barn. We have a livestock guardian dog and electric fencing. The dog can't access the nesting areas. We're pretty sure it was a rat, or some form of rodent. That's about the only thing that could get past the dog and into a small...

I have a Great Pyrenees. I bought her from working lines and she's guarding all my livestock. She bonded with my goats quickly, but poultry aren't like other animals. Livestock Guardian Dogs have to be taught to respect poultry. We started this process as soon as we bought our pup home. She did...

Any decent flashlight will work for candling too. Hubby dearest leant me his small LED flashlight when I wanted to candle eggs under a broody. It beat my candler by a lot.

The air sack should only be on one side, the fat rounded one. As for candling easter Eggers or Marans eggs etc. I do it in a pitch dark room and I don't turn the flashlight or candler on until it's positioned on the egg so it won't mess with my night vision.

This is exactly why I'm not sure that my aggressive doe is going to make it to strike three. She may be the biggest and fastest growing rabbit I own, but she's still just a meat mutt and I don't want that temperament passed down.

I have an aggressive doe like that. She hasn't even had a litter yet. We're on attempt 2 of breeding her. She pancakes with bucks, then mounts them. Of the does I bought, she's the biggest and fastest growing, so I really want those genetics. But she gets one more shot at kits until her story...

I'm going to follow along. I keep Icelandics, SFH, and Svarthöna. I'm pretty enamored with landraces. I'm a member of the FB group Dorinda shared. It's a great resource.

You really got some beautiful chicks! I hope you keep updating with pics at they mature.

Wow, that's awesome. Congrats on a great first hatch!

Yes, that's a rooster. It's probably and ISA Brown just like your hens though. The ISA Brown is a sex linked bird, so males are white while females are red.

I do think that's indeed a pullet. Like Gray Farms said, the Olive Eggers are basically a mixed breed to get the darker green eggs. I'm going to wager a guess at Cream Legbar and Black Copper Marans based on what she looks like. But really, there's no way to tell for sure. At least one parent...

Love the cafeteria! I've seen plenty of PVC feeders, but putting in a garbage can was genius. That'll hold some feed!