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Hen info: Neo Silkie EE mix about a year old Other than the injury she is fine, poo a little watery but normal. A 7 month old silkie roo did this! He repeatedly mounts her, she is the only one he mounts at all out of 10, so she's been looking a bit bare. I checked her last night and decided...

That time of year again, when the mice start invading everything. This year is particularly bad, the cats in the house caught 10 to my knowledge in less than a week, I can't even begin to count how many I've seen the dogs eating or how many I've caught in the garage with pinkies that I've...

Well..... for the first time since I built the coop/run I have lost a silkie to a raccoon. Hubby's favorite splash too. We didn't build Fort Knox and knew this was a possibility. So we aren't that upset. But it wasn't easy for the little demon to get in though! He had to dig through packed...

I just met with a young girl (an her mother) who is planning a big chicken project for 4h. I'm setting her up with a small flock of silkies! But she is planning on selling eggs to pay for their feed as part of the project. I'd love to help out with this as well but I've already sold all my...

Well, I'm facing having to reduce the numbers due to a silkie explosion and a pending cross country move. I'm going to be taking a few birds but not all. Some of these will be free others are going to be a bit more. I would prefer a pick up only as I do not have a very reliable vehicle and it...

I'm most likely moving here in the next few months (90% chance), I just planted the fall crop of zucchini which will be ready in a month. I'd like to be able to pressure can it and take it with me. My mother used to can squash in 1/4 slices packed in water, and the stewed version we like for...

Well, it looks like we are moving to Nebraska, most likely in the next 6 months. Hubby is expecting the formal offer on Monday. Looking for info on the area!! He'll be working in Genoa at the sand plant. I'm looking at a place up a few miles north of Monroe but we don't know if we'll be able...

I'm dying out here, I ran out of my boiled peanut stash and need another bag of raw/green to make more. Is there anyone on the board harvesting in the south east right now? I'd like the purple hull (at least that's what I think I remember them being called growing up) you can get in NW FL but...

Finally bought a pressure canner. Getting ready to dive in but I have a question and didn't want to loose any responses in the massive canning thread, so asking it separately. I have a beef and barely stew/soup recipe that we LOVE. Wanted to know how I would can it, can't seem to find...

Followed this recipe: * 7 1/2 pounds Cucumber * 2 cups pickling lime * 2 gallons cold water * 2 quarts Vinegar * 4 1/2 pounds Sugar * 1 tablespoon Pickling Salt * 1 tablespoon Pickling spice Dissolve lime in water. Pour over cucumbers and let sit 24 hours. Drain...

4 BSL's, approx 18 weeks, 2 may already be laying, with so many here I'm not entirely positive yet but I am getting the occasional darker than usual tan egg. They all squat readily now! Need to make some room in this pen, we are a bit overcrowded at the moment. One of them honks like a goose...

I have extra girls!!! I really need to trim down my flock here very soon. We just have too many and it's getting crowded. I have 4 BSL's that are almost ready to lay, they are getting redder in the face by the day and 2 of them have started squatting. One of these looks a little different...

I have 13 barred rock mixed chicks, hens were barred rocks and RSLs, roos looked to be a sex link of some sort. 2 of these chicks survived a vicious broody attack and are being kept separate, doing great though! The yellow one in the pic has a slight cross beak and an oddly shaped blind eye but...

I have a chick who is not coloring out the way we thought it would. Hatched 5/28/10 No shipping. I can meet within about 40 miles of zip 76856. Not much further than that due to untrustworthy car with no AC $5 PM or email for info instead of clicking on the buy it now button. Also, see a...

I have 12 blue/splash/'other' color silkies available and 3 silkie mix chicks available. Hatched 6/24/10 No shipping. I can meet within about 40 miles of zip 76856. Not much further than that due to untrustworthy car with no AC $3 each on the silkies or the lot for $30. PM or email for info...

Just wanted to show off something I've had in our club frames since February. Mom rescued the embroidery blocks from a thrift store (circa 1970 according to the pattern instructions actually still with them with all the floss numbers), I finished them, manhandled them into a quilt and here we...

Especially when she has NO clue what she's doing. She's 27 weeks old tomorrow. She's been in and out of the nest box since last night, up, down, pace, pant, up, down, in, out, pant, screech, up, scratch, down, pant, up, scratch, down....... I've been checking every half hour or so since 7...

I've been looking for a chart for the last few days but can't seem to find anything. I know some breeds tend to start laying earlier than others and am trying to find the average age of laying for the following breeds since I have a pullet pen of 11 week olds and want to be prepared for the...

I need to buy a decent canner. Not a cheapy type but not the top of the line either. Needs to be easy to use and decently made. Thinking 8 quart capacity. Would like American made but we all know that's getting hard to find... I have a fear of using canners so need one that's not too...

I just came home an hour ago from a chick expedition for a friend, her new chicks are in my garage right now. But we decided to go out and see my birds before she left and I found one with a really puffy face, she was not like this yesterday. I pulled her out immediately and put her in the...