Search results for query: *

Why is it that when you break a toe, every single creature in a 10 mile radius feels the need to step on it?

My incubator arrived yesterday. The package looked like someone had run it over. Considering it was fed-ex, that may well have happened. My neighbor ran over an unexpected package a couple months ago (unexpected because it was supposed to be delivered to my house but instead the deliveryman...

25 RIR pullets and a straight run of 8 americauna are on their way. I've got two waterers, two good sized boxes to use as brooders, two heat lamps, two food dishes, some 'gro-gel', a bag of starter ration, some bedding, some treats, a nice safe spot by a south-facing window, and a two year old...

The coop actually has three rooms that all go out to a shared yard. The right and left rooms are 10'x6', the middle room is about 10'x10'. If I were to put ducks in one room, chickens in another, and turkeys in the last and let them all share the same yard, would they manage to be healthy...

Incubator is on it's way!

My mother in law wants me to get a couple of the breed of bantams that lay pink eggs. Any clue what she might be talking about?

My mother in law is planning on getting me an incubator, and wanted to know just how important adding on an automatic egg turner is? She feels if it isn't that important, she'd rather get me some stuff for the brooder instead. Truth is, I honestly don't know. I really don't plan on ever...

I was going to buy turkeys at the same time I bought chickens from Welp Hatchery, but apparently they won't ship the self-replicating variety to Minnesota. Anyone know why or where in Minnesota I can purchase a good self-replicating variety? Seems silly to buy a dozen new hatchlings every...

I've got a bunch of scrap 1x12s and am starting to build some nest boxes. I'm going to put them in as shelves along the back wall, across from the wall that has the windows (so the chickies can enjoy the view and not catch drafts). I'm getting mainly RIRs, though, after much pleading from my...

I just finished a book called 'The Third Twin', by Ken Folliet. In this book, they manage to locate clones and twins by running a search for identical fingerprints in an FBI database. I swear, nothing kills a good sci-fi book for me like a failure to do basic research. Anyone else have...

Those stupid kids just knocked my mailbox down again. I just fixed this stupid thing. I swear the filling my mailbox with concrete option is sounding better every day. Blah, broken windows in a big city, graffiti in a medium city, random stupid vandalism in a small town, what the heck is it...

Anyone have any good cracker recipes? I've been using these two but would like some variety: 3/4 c. flour 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/4 c. butter, unmelted 4 tbsp. buttermilk 1/2 c. oatmeal 2 tsp. honey 1/4 tsp. salt 1. First you want to blend the oatmeal. 2. Then you can add in the next 4...

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Lots of good discussion on mythological archetypes, why women should be more willing to trust their instincts, and some good folktales besides. To often women are taught to ignore their instincts because it isn't 'nice' and they don't...

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled...

What kind of turkey should I get? My husband is leaning towards those that can self-replicate, but there seems to be issues with getting those shipped to MN. I'm looking to get 4-6 turkeys, leaning towards 6 as there are 4 folks who want a Thanksgiving turkey and that gives us a couple spares.

Looking to get a couple milk goats, with at least one preferred to be very young (as in a kid, I'm willing to bottle feed even). Would prefer non-pygmies, but they are cute too. Basically, as long as they are healthy and productive, 'sall good to me. Combing the other ads, but prefer to...

One of the things I dislike about this house is that whoever remodeled it a while back removed the fireplace. Putting one back in would probably be more trouble than it's worth, so I was thinking of building a wood stove outside. I love things like bread and pizza cooked in a wood oven, and...

Compact portable loom for making belts, ties, straps and trims. Maximum warp length: 120"; width: 4". Instructions included. Made of pine, can be finished in several colors, please state preference. Shipped unassembled, all parts included except glue. Currently cannot ship internationally.

Currently around the coop there is a 4' tall chain link fence. Obviously, that isn't sufficient. My thought is to expand it to 8' tall chain link and back it with that wire mesh stuff whose name I have temporarily forgotten, then do some chicken wire on the top to keep the hawks out. I have a...

Chance of winning grand prize reduced only .0000005122% Vote Early, Vote Often!