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Hello! I'm considering purchasing an electric pressure canner. I'm interested because some of them can also be used as a slow cooker and I could use another one of those. I'd also like to just can a few jars of leftover soups and stews here and there to send to college with my kid and the...

I have too many chickens!! I’m putting some up for sale at $5 each. I will not ship, but will drive ½ hour away to meet. We are 12 miles south of Reading, PA. There are 8-9mixed breed hens, most 16 weeks old. Most of these hatched from green eggs, some bantam & some standard. I have...

Thought I'd ask people who really know how to cook. I have all purpose, bread, self-rising, and something called pie dough flour that I bought from an Amish lady. I've used all purpose & self-rising, but would the others be better? Thanks! Carol

I have taught my kids to play & they love it, but I only know a couple of rules & was wondering if anyone else played or knows rules I don't. Here's what we do: Going through farm county, each person estimates the number of cows they pass in the field on their side of the vehicle. Passing a...

Hi! We hatched a single chick from a nest that a broody quit last week. I don't think there are any others coming along & it is lonely. Does anyone have a day old that they would sell us that I could get asap? We aren't picky on breed! Thanks! Carol

So far 13 have successfully hatched, but suddenly they seemed to have problems breathing & 3 died. The rest are huddled together sleeping. They wake for a minute or two & then go right back to sleep. This happened 3 weeks ago also. I lost 3 babies- I thought they suffocated from me cooking...

Hi All, My son is getting 6 5 day old chicks from his school today. Are they too old to fool my broody? She's been sitting on eggs for what seems like forever. I could just let her go, but chance her hatching nothing then. I could try to make the switch and put the eggs in the bator, but...

and makes a mess of the eggs. We're on day 18 of this. She started by sitting beside the silkie to lay her egg, which gave the silkie lots of extras until I marked them. Then for a few days, she'd stay on for a day & overnight & then quit the next day. The silkie parks herself in the nestbox...

Hi All, I have a student from Australia who doesn't believe I can trace him in 6 degrees or less. Does anyone know anyone named Fergueson from Beaudesert, Brisbane, Australia? He knows someone who used to own Steggel's eggs. Boy, I hope I have all of that spelled right. So, who wants to help...

I have too many roos!! These guys are about 23 weeks old. They are beautiful and very gentle. They like to be picked up to have their necks scratched and come running for treats. I would love to keep them ,but 10 hens and 7 roos is not a good ratio. Please, these are not meant to become...

Does anyone here make their own granola? Any good recipes? Thanks in advance!

Hi All, I have a black silkie sitting on 13 eggs.(she's very flattened out!) I've only ever seen our Silkies mate with our Silver Spangled Hamburg Roo. He's huge, but gentle & they squat for him. Does anyone have this cross? I can't wait to see what they look like! Thanks! Carol

Hi All, So last night one of my hens was missing from the coop at bedtime- a first for us. We looked and looked and assumed she was the victim of either a hawk or the new plumber who was working at our house yesterday. I shed a few tears. Mid morning before work today I went out to toss a few...

Sorry- not a chicken or egg recipe- but the chickens LOVE to eat my bread disasters, which I'd like to avoid! Yeast for the bread machine is pretty expensive to buy & there are recipes for yeast starters all over the web, but can you use these in a bread machine? If so, how much do you use...

Well, I know it depends on whether or not I want to separate breeds, but right now I don't think I would do that. Should I build another coop or add on to the one I have? I'm not sure how hard that would be. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? My current flock of 9 (6bantams)...

My chickens have lost some really nice feathers & my kids started saving them. We only save the really nice ones- not dirty, etc. I have them in a ziplock bag! Does anyone make wreaths, or do anything with their chicken's feathers? Thanks! Carol

I'm really looking ahead to chicks or eggs next spring, but I might want some earlier. I know I can order from a larger hatchery, but would rather go local if anyone has chicks or eggs. Here at the edge of Lancaster County where there are farms, farms, and more farms, no one I've talked to...

Yesterday my 27 Cornish Crosses went to the butcher. We had some tonight for dinner- they were excellent thanks to all the information from here. We are very proud to have raised our own meat. However, the drama comes from Kreacher, formerly known as Free Rare, now being integrated into my...

I was wondering if anyone else had ever visited this site. I go here whenever I want a good laugh. The thread of Aran's got me thinking about Funky Cold Medina, so I looked up the misheard lyrics for that, but there are SOOOO many others! Enjoy! http://www.kissthisguy.com/lyric.php?id=1295

Hi All! I have 27 Cornish Crosses going for processing in a couple of weeks. I bought a Foodsaver recently & am wondering whether they'll fit in the bags, or if I should pay a little extra to have them cut up. Since I didn't really want to chase them around holding a bag up to them, I thought...