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I already had two of these very common minnow traps at home but I stumbled on to one at walmart that was cheap and thought "I bet that would work!" I set it along the wall inside of my coop and 2 days later had a rat snake in it, A couple days later a copperhead and then another, so I dug around...

I need some suggestions for making places for the geese to nest I have plastic 55 gal drums and a pile of old tires I have some ideas but not sure whats the norm for them as in where to put it? and how large it needs to be? does it need to be covered? ect.. I have a Trio now I had two females...

I have two Embden geese that are suppose to be a pair and both have the same basic look the pooch or pouch between the legs that hangs down and both make the same sounds I was wondering if I might have two of the same sex maybe? Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

I have a 10 acre place in central Oklahoma and would like to buy several goats to help with clearing out weeds and underbrush, I'm not looking for show goats or ones with papers I'm thinking more along the lines of Spanish goats maybe? The larger the better (for reach) Please respond to this...

I am needing some old appliances for several projects around the place esp for coops and storage areas, I live in Central Oklahoma near the Purcell, Lexington area and can travel around a 50 mile radius to pick them up just reply by PM or E-mail I will call you back quickly, Thanks

So I'm reading through other posts and viewing egg candling photo's and ran across a new term I'd not heard of "Blood Ring" what is it and how can you tell it from a developing egg? I had an egg explode around day 9 I cleaned up the mess was fairly contained So is there a risk if contamination...

I have less than a week till lockdown, I modified some egg flats cut the top posts off and used a 1/8" blade on my angle grinder to cut an X in the bottom of each holder to improve air flow so the eggs have been in the flats or cartons for the incubation, So on lock down I will just stop the...

I Built my first ever Incubator from an old fridge and a pile of other scrap I had laying around and think it turned out rather cool if Ido say so my self So this in my entry page for the contest: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=48473 This being my first attempt at building...

I'm building my own egg turner and have a great looking contraption I grew up using an old sears bator it was maybe 30 inches across an we had to turn the eggs by hand so I've never used or seen an automatic one in use, I'm trying to figure out how to set motors to it and was wondering if it was...

Building back up my stock of chickens and would like to buy about a half dozen each of Buff Orpington, Production Reds, and or Barred Rock, I would also like to find a few Dominique (Dominecker) as we called them growing up :-) I am in central Oklahoma and can drive a bit to get them so just...