Has anyone ever tried to use a tractor to keep guineas for tick control? Did it do anything to keep the ticks down? We have a pretty bad tick problem but due to a couple of factors, we can't free-range the guineas. I am not real fond of them otherwise, so if they can't do their job while...
Okay, I've been trying to figure out what breed these girls are for almost a month, and I give up! They've got to be some kind of mix, but I can't figure out what. The more I look at them, the more I think they have one breed in common, but I'm just not sure.
#1 went broody almost right away...
I already posted about this guy in the "Raising Baby Chicks" subforum a while ago, but he's quite a bit older now, so it seemed like it was time to move over here.
Some background - the chicks are now about 7 weeks old. They are all Polish crested. This particular cockerel has had issues from...
I bought several one-day-old Polish chicks about a week and a half ago. I was under the impression that they were all standard-sized, but could have been mistaken. Most of them are doing very well. They're growing quickly and already have quite a few real feathers.
Two of them are undersized...