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Hi Patti, I'm not really close but not too far. I'm in Franklin. Welcome.

We have a apple orchard that we open up to the public for u-pick apples. We put up bubble gum machines with grain in them for the customers to feed the chickens and the other animals we have on the farm. I was called over to the chickens by a customer. The man asked me "Why do we have so many...

I have a Toulouse goose. He is a good alarm. I have 300 chickens and he is no match to protect all of them but when I only had a small flock he was a great protector.

Has anyone had any luck snaring fox? Any hints?

She does have a pressure canner that she just got. I will let her know. Wow, I've been water bathing my green beans all my life. We always lost a few but I never gave it much thought. We will start pressure canning them now. Thanks!

Water bath for 20 minutes.

I have a question for everyone. My sister-in-law has been trying to can green beans. The past few years she has had awful luck. They turn cloudy then go bad. She has tried changing her salt. The amount of salt. She has even bought spring water incase it was the town water. No luck they are still...

A customer asked if all my eggs came from girl hens. I said yes. He then asked why don't we have any from boy hens. I told him the boy hens are called roosters and they don't lay eggs.

My sister-in-law and myself put up 10 dozen corn for the freezer and planning 10 more today. Already put up first batch of tomato sauce and I have beans coming out my ears. Love harvest time!

Good news! I have re-enforced my fence and restrung my fishing line over the pen. I have started playing music all the time and started lighting the coop on the winter schedule. The girls are now feeling safe again and producing eggs again. Darn predators First time and the last time I let my...

I started a thread in the egg laying forum also. They informed me that if I am having a predator problem they may be stressed from feeling hunted and stop producing. I am having a fox and hawk problem. Over the last 3 weeks I've lost at least a dozen. We've been able to shoot 1 fox while it was...

Well the game cam is on it's way up. Gun is now out and ready. I hope we can get the girls feeling safe again and back to our old routine. I hope it doesn't take too long to solve the problem. I hope that is the only reason. I've been perplexed, because they have no other symptoms that I have...

They range from 2yo to 8 months. I rotate my ages. They all appear healthy. I have had a bad fox problem this past 2 weeks. We shot one but there is at least 3 more. We are checking all the fencing and actively searching for the other 3 foxes. I didn't realize they would stop laying with a...

I'm in south eastern MA, I have about 250 chickens. I usually get at least 12-15 dozen a day. Just recently they came to almost a total halt in egg laying, down to 5 dozen a day. No change in diet or routine. Weather has been fine.... What the heck is happening????? Anyone else in the area...

I'm in south eastern MA, I have about 250 chickens. I usually get 12-15 dozen a day. Just recently they came to almost a total halt in egg laying, down to 5 dozen a day. No change in diet or routine. What the heck is happening????? Anyone else in the area experiencing a decrease in egg...

I found a huge egg. I wasn't sure how old it was but I was curious to see how many yolks it had. I was hoping for a triple. So one of my helpers and myself opened the egg into a bucket and heard a thunk. We looked in and couldn't believe it. We both said "No Way!" in stereo. There next to a...