Recent content by mikeksfarmer

Maybe Maidenhen would post her recipe for duck here. I would sure like to have a good recipe for duck. on other notes; I took some of my old hens to work and the friends from Kenya loved them. In fact everyone else wants my old hens too. I also figured out how to tell if they are laying. If...

Maidenwolf sounds like Coreiza to me. Sp? But picked up by wild birds and birds from swap meets or auctions. In the past I thought it only came from bringing new birds into the flock from other local people, swaps or auctions. Dans enlitened me to that fact that it can come from wild birds as...

Welcome to our newest person! As to preditors someone once told me prevention prevention prevention! It really works. Not always but it does help. I have a chicken house with an attached pen that is covered and preditor proof. When I let them out they free range. I loose some to foxes...

Thanks you guys for the great ideas. I have food coloring and I also can get the zip ties. I look forward to getting my hens marked. And of course reduced in number. I have a mean rooster; welsummer. One time he hit me with a spur and really made my leg bleed. I have thumped him with a leaf...

Update on my foster mother. She sleeps on the roost with the chick under her wing. I think this is really odd but nice. I am not sure the chick would have made it without a foster mother. Second; has anyone here ever marked a bird with paint. I have 6 RIR and they all look the same. Want to...

I saw an interesting behavior this afternoon/ today in my flock. Anyone else seen this? I have two white rocks that go broody. One Hatched in October; possum got 4 of 5. Mother has been good, but chick is about the age (one month) she abandons. Today while filling feeders I noticed one of my...

Welcome you new folks I am sure you will get great ideas and advise here. Lots of good friends too.

I got mine too and thought some of their prices were a little steep. Black coppers are like $8 each. Love looking at all the pics as they teach me a lot and it helps when I hear you all talking about what you have. I saw that last fall Ideal had black coppers for $2 -3 I would like to...

Sad that I have to retype what I just wrote. I just cant seem to complete a post as its either too big or not compatable with my puter. Guess there will be no rabbit and chicken as "Mrs Bunny Galore" didnt have her kits which were due a day ago. As to chickens I have people lined up to take...

Thanks guys I have some birds that are 10 and only getting about 2 eggs a day from 15 I have. Glad I got some good chicks last month.

I understand you can cook any pumpkin for eating. Just put it on a cookie sheet and bake it at 350 for about an hour or until soft. Cool cut top off and scoop out seeds for your birds. Scoop out flesh for pies or what ever. You will have to season it like you would canned pumpkin. You can...

I dry all my clothes on a line. In the summer its on a line outside and in the winter its in the basement. It pays! Statistics say .50$ a load. Or you can consider one wheel barro of coal for every load of laundry. Sunshine is free. Humidity is needed in the winter to hold heat.

Liston I love you all. I have this dambed dial up and it takes for ever to do any thing. My heart is really strugeling with maiden wolf MO sorry dont have a quote to post to. Gosh yesterday Church; Northeren Uganda, intercity KCMO homeless, and those we know in trouble. Really sole searching...

Wow nice note about you. I totally love to cook from scratch. with a huge garden and tons of fruit trees I love just picking a few minutes before i cook. Oh man when it gets cold I love to pick some herbs and make chicken soup from scratch and then some fresh homemade bread. Since I cook for...

Dear friends I want to comment on Natalie Nitz’s request for chickens in Overland Park. I have raised chickens in Bonner springs Kansas for over 10 years. I have never had a problem with my neighbors. My Brother raises chickens in Shawnee Kansas. Shawnee requires permits, no roosters and a...