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We taking 10-15 of our chickens to be processed this weekend, but I don't have room in my freezer yet. So, wondering if I can dehydrate them? I have a couple of cheapo dehydrators from Wally World, temp control and fan included. After dehydrating, I plan to put in jars and put in the back of the...

Confidentially from me to you, my marriage is in trouble. We had our first counseling session last night and I'm stunned at the conclusions the therapist said at the end. So ... I need your input. First some background: I'm almost 50, have a 14 year old, and have been married for 4 years. I was...

The last couple of hatches of chicks from my own eggs were rough. Several chicks pipped and tore the shell but couldn't get through the membrane and died. (1) Is the membrane too tough? If so, what can I do to make it less strong ... starting all the way to what I feed the hens that lay the...

Our order fell through at the feed store ... 3 cuckoo marans chicks. The supplier screwed up and now the feed store won't get any until mid-April. Mypetchicken won't have any until the end of April. McMurray is even longer of a wait. Help! My kid is barely wanting to wait for dark chocolate...

We have nigerian dwarf goats. Kinda. 1 newly-acquired buck (3/4 nd, 1/4 la mancha - 1 year old). 1 nd wether - 1 yr old, and his twin, a doeling. Plus their older half-sister, who is 4 years old. She had her first litter last year, 4 kids! All born healthy and strong. We bought this doe as soon...

I had everything all planned out for our bantam breeding project, then Hubby tore ... something ... and can't do anything more strenuous than walking for 4-6 weeks! So I've had to change my plans, and need your input. I've read a lot about open-air housing for chickens and how it's healthier...

After extensive testing, evaluations, and lots of misery, it turns out my son is not just ADHD but also OCD, high functioning autistic, and a plethora of other problems. The evaluators recommended we start immediately getting him more active. He doesn't have any friends because while his body is...

Followed a link to a link to a link and found this: http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2011/02/16/fyi-urban-homestead-trademark-matter/ Basically, it says that the Dervaes Institute (that Jules Dervaes family in California that raises a lot of produce on 1/10th an acre) have trademarked certain...

We hatched out some chicks from our own chickens that we got last year at the feed store. Father is a black australorp, and mothers were either black australorps or easter eggers. They hatched Feb 4-7... after a week, there were 5 left (1 died ... heart defect assumed). All 5 chicks are eating...

I'm not having any luck with hatcheries... they just aren't very healthy. Looking for blue-egg gene tiny bird to cross with blue silkies. So ... if you have eggs to hatch, or chicks or even young-uns ... please e-mail or p.m. Thanks. Vikki in Colorado

I was having an idle conversation at the doctor's office yesterday about chickens, when a nurse perked up. She and her hubby fly fish, and wanted to know if I sold hackles for fly tying. I hadn't considered it. Never crossed my mind. But she said that people use them not only for fly fishing but...

Last weekend we hatched (ok, Joe incubated for us, and hatched), some chicks from our black australorp roo and our blackie girls and egger girls. One of the 6 that hatched is a little blue/grey ee who I'm very concerned about. BooBoo (her name) doesn't want to drink much, eats a little but for...

I got a call from my local post office at 7:57 this morning. Hello? Hi. I have a package in for you. I think it's supposed to be chicks. Supposed to be? Uh, they're from Cackle Hatchery? Yes, I was expecting them today. Are they live chicks? What's wrong? Pause. I didn't hear any sounds...

Hubby and I have only had chickens since we got our day-olds April 29 2010. 5 black australorps and 5 eggers, all supposedly girls. One of the blackies turned out to be a boy and he is a beautiful rooster! Er, cockerel. Huge, protective and wonderful to his girls. We'd seen him mating with the...

I have a new roo, will be 24 weeks old tomorrow. With these freezing temps, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he's got poo frozen to his hind-end but he's the only one out of all my chickens. After I caught him, I brought him inside and tried to clean him off with baby butt wipes, but it's...

Wondering ... with this cold weather (negative 18 last night and at 8:27 a.m. is - 14), why aren't my goats drinking? I keep giving them warm water (which freezes within an hour) ... plain ... with lemonade ... with blackstrap molasses ... but I haven't seen any of them drink in 2 days. Are they...

I need help with my freezing chickens. I've read threads, and understand that chickens can handle a LOT but with us not even getting out of the negatives today, I'm concerned. First, one set of 5 chickens (black australorps) is in a 6x10 dog kennel with no real house but all sides are...

I put an ad on Craigslist for barter eggs for some help and I'm suddenly getting responses that people just want to BUY eggs. I got an e-mail today asking for several dozen! I don't have that many yet, but it got me thinking. Our egg production will really pick up within the next couple of...

I'm thinking about crossing a bantam blue-laced wyandotte with a blue silkie ... has anyone else done this? Do you have pix as to what you got from this?

I don't want to buy any more feed. Well, enough to get through winter, spring and most of summer. But my question is this: what can I grow to feed my chickens so that I don't supplement with laying feed? This is kinda a self-sufficient question but anyway ... ... here's what I grow (or am...