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FOWL PLAY! Hmmmmm? What do chickens, ducks and geese have to do with this crime?

Last spring we had a problem with a nocturnal predator that was beheading our birds. It would take away the head, but nothing else. We tried everything; traps, sitting up all night with a shotgun, loud noise, but nothing worked. Our flock was reduced by about 90%. Finally it dawned on me. Take...

I was in my doctor's office waiting for my appointment time and the only reading material was People magazine. Now, I don't normally read that because It's mostly about people I don't know and girls who aren't dating any of the local guys, but I noticed one issue had an article about one of my...

Here in Texas there is a tradition dating back to the war o' the secession that says that anyone who enters your home on New Years Day should eat black eyed peas for luck. Since I was born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon Line I have been working on perfecting my recipe for several years. I...

Bend at knees. Keep back straight. Lift with legs. Click to enlarge Found this shirt at WalMart.

About 6 months ago we had a problem with a predator that decimated our flock. That problem is now solved, but we were down to three hens. About a month ago we bought 6 adolescent hens to replenish the flock. They are still not laying. We've tried cayenne pepper and chili powder with no luck...

Sorry to bother y'all, but it appears The Easy Garden is still down. I traded a neighbor some tomatoes for zucchini and found a recipe for cheesy zucchini casserole. It calls for cubed zucchini, but it doesn't say if I should peal it first. Can anyone please help?

Lost one a night for two days. I've been told that ammonia and pepper will repel them. Anyone have any experience with this method. Any other suggestions?

Over the last few months we've lost about 5 of our oldest hens. No sign of disease or trauma, just dead. It happens. We'll be replacing them.

A few weeks ago OldGal and I went to pickup some feed for the girls. We, by default have always used 20% Layer Mash Krumbles. (Didn't even know there was another option ) Anyway, they were out of 20% and offered us 14%. We needed the feed so we went with it. Strangest thing; both the chickens...

Because if it had 4 doors it'd be a chicken sedan.

A wife asks her husband to go to the store and pick up a carton of milk adding, "If they have avocados get 6. The husband comes home with 6 cartons of milk. When she asks why he explains, "They had avocados." Most men understand this reasoning instantly. Most women go back and read it a second...

They are my sister-in-law and her husband. Their names are Linda and Gene Walmer. Both are handicapped. He is 91 and she is 60. They were last seen boarding AMTRAK in Longview, Texas on December 12 of this year. They were bound for Orlando, Florida with layovers in Chicago, Illinois and...

our 16 chickens and 9 ducks are doing fine. That's not wind chill, it's the actual temperature. The wind is gusting up to approximately 20 mph. We got 6 duck eggs and 4 chicken. About 10 hours and fifteen minutes of daylight. No extra light or heat. No real coop. Just a three sided hut with a...

Or do they? The DST time change got me to thinking about the nature of time, and that eventually reminded me of an old story of the days before the internet was around to give us the exact time; There was a town whose major employer was a coal mine, and they blew a whistle at 8:00 am to tell...

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4628e/y4628e03.htm#TopOfPage I was particularly fascinated by the brooder designs.

Quote: The above is transcribed from the movie Second Hand Lions. It's an excerpt from a supposedly longer speech that Hub McCann gives to Walter. Unfortunately, the movie's author never saw fit to write the rest of the speech, but I've always thought such a speech should be written. While I...

First, for those who aren't familiar with the sport of Barrel Racing it's done on horseback over a course that looks like this: With a good, experienced horse and rider it looks like this: However, this story isn't about experienced riders. It all happens at a 4H rodeo in Maybank, Texas...

Need to temporarily fence off a part of your run? Try this. All you need is some scrap 2 x 4 lumber, some long wood screws and a length of plastic screen wire. (Click image to see a larger view.) Make an L shaped post, about 4' x 2' for about every 8-10'.of the length of the fence. Cut the...

Last March I inquired about the advisability of raising a mixed flock of ducks and chickens at the same time. ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/758656/ducklings-chicks-raising-them-together ) OldGal and I are happy to report that our experience has been a resounding success! In mid-April we...