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Is there an easy way to view all of your old threads? I had a thread that people had given me alot of good information on and I would like to reread it. I can find it in search, but is there an easier way to get to it?

We got a puppy, 3 months, about a month ago he is a good dog, perfect for our little farm. He is a cross between a Australian Shepard and a Bernese Mountian Dog. I have never owned a puppy before and I do not have this figured out. My original plan was to paper train the puppy. I set him up...

I bought a new appliance and the box had some styrofoam in it. I didn't think much of it, just left it in the box. DD took some of the styrofoam outside and left it in the sidewalk. I looked outside to see three of my birds eating it. They quite a bit gone before I caught them. I know...

So i have decided to raise freerange meat chickens this summer. The goal is to have enough birds to give us a chicken a week for the year. I have raised cornish cross last year and while i agree they are delicious, i want to try some other breeds to see if i like their personality better. I...

My neighbors dog attacked and killed one of my birds this winter. To make it right my neighbor bought me two adult hens (from another neighbor). I do not know what breed they are. I am guessing Easter Egger? I do not really care, mostly curiosity. They lay pretty green eggs, it really...

So I accidentally got Cornish cross pullets around Sept. This particular bird has always been ugly, just never grew feathers like the others. When I introduced these birds to the existing hens this one got beat up the worst. Then to add insult to injury got pooed on. So this morning I washed...

A dog just showed up tonight on our farm. It is hunting season so hopefully the dog is a bird dog and will be claimed soon. Until then I guess the chickens will stay locked up on the barn.

I could get a bunch of young hen pheasants for free (Father knows a guy who only wants the roos). I would love to take them and try to get them back into the wild. We have very good pasture, and a few wild Pheasants. I was hoping to just revive the population that has been decimated. I fully...

Last night my rooster took his hens up the stairs of the barn and into the hay loft. Nothing wrong with this, I do not really have the area setup for chickens, not looking forward to cleaning up later, but so be it. The trouble is he will not come back down. I left everything open thinking...

I think I read somewhere that diatomaceous Earth is a good choice for a dust bath in the coop. I am just trying to make certain this is correct. Would it be better if I mixed it with ash? Or sand? I would have to buy the sand, I do not have anything very fine, but I could. Just looking to...

So it is time to move my chickens from their summer home in the Orchard, to their winter home in the barn. The barn is more secure and free from drafts, made from wood instead of tin. Is there an easy way to encourage them to go to the barn at night? Weather permitting I intend to continue to...

I have 2 hens and a rooster Barr rock. I got them for layers. I had alot of loss this spring, I think I let my hens out to free range to early and the cats got them. So to increase my flock I bought 4 more pullets. I think I bought Cornish Cross, they are currently about 5 weeks old. I am...

SO quiet in fact that I have spent the last hour searching for him and the girls. Thankfully he just doesn't seem to be in a crowing mood. I am very relieved, he is quiet the handsome devil.

I have a small flock of chickens, 7, that I am going to try to keep over winter. My husband farms and grows soybeans, some corn, and wheat. He gave me several large seed bags full of soybeans and corn to feed the chickens over winter. I have read all about needing to boil soybeans before...

I started with 10 hatchlings this spring lost all but 3, 2 hens 1 rooster, to preditors. I got 5 more pullet hatchlings this September, lost one. Hoping to manage to keep these guys alive.