Recent content by mestaske

Alfalfa. Start some alfalfa plants. They have pretty purple flowers and are perrenials, plus they can turn into big bushes. They have a lot of protien. Also, you could buy a bale of alfalfa. My chickens love it and it makes the yolks especially yellow. A small bale should last a while.

We have three border collies, one is a half australian shepard. They have never had any interest in eating the chickens.

We butcher our own animals and when we get the packages of meat we also get the organs. We cook and feed these to the dogs. I was just wondering if anyone has done this with their chickens for extra protein. If anyone out there does, how much and how often do you feed? My chickens seem to love...

It might have been one of the other birds but I am not sure. There are chickens, an overzealous male duck, a mean goose, and turkeys... I was wondering about some neosporin but didn't know if it would be bad. Thanks

I have a female Pekin duck who has a bloody hole in her bill. I thought it might heal up but it has not. I brought her in today to get a better look and the hole is big enough to see her tongue below. It is at the tip of her bill. The perimeter of the wound seems to have peeled the layer of...

Maybe if they saw pictures of the carcasses they wouldn't feel so sorry for the pretty doggie.

I had no idea it was a raccoon until the last bird was taken. We thought we had taken care of the issue (husband is an avid killer of small game). None of the chickens that had gotten locked up had gotten eaten before. I have an outdoor chicken run with the chicken door in that space. i close...

Aha see, the mice are giving your girls some extra protein, lol. They figured out how to take care of the problems themselves.

Well we got our trap at the local Coop and it cost 75 dollars. My husband found one on the internet for 10 dollars less but we couldn't wait for shipping. It was well worth the money considering how much money has been put into my birds. I'd say the raccoon/s is worth about 250 dollars by now...

Just read the first page of replies. I am on the womans side. Tying up the dog execution style? Please. How do we kill our chickens? We catch them and then do it we don't try to shoot them whle they are walking around with the possibility of hitting something else by accident. I caught a raccoon...

We have mice but I dont really find them to be a problem since I have my feed in a plastic trash can. i would reccomend using a trap where the chickens won't be able to get hurt. Also just make sure your feed is kept safely stored and thats all I can say. mice can jump really high and fit...

Well the story starts last spring when I ordered 8 ducks and two geese from mcmurray hatchery. Well this past fall my ducks started getting eaten by something. We thought it was a coyote or an owl or the neighbors dog. All of my ducks were eaten, one of my geese was eaten and two of my chickens...

Looks cool. I do not think that they will get confused. As long as they know when are where they are fed they will be there. Plus they tend to venture out slowly, at least in my case. Mine at first only went a few feet from the coop and now they come to my garden and in my nice lawn and over to...

Nice looking duck, i want one =]. You are such daredevils, I would be soooooo afraid to kayak with gators in the water. Looks like a pretty place the second day with the crystal waters.

Turkeys have their own personalites a bit more that the chickens I think. I had about 5 turkeys my first year but the chickens pecked to death all but one, Lady, a red bourbon. She is a tough cookie and doesn't take being pecked at. She roosts with the chickens just fine. She used to let us pet...