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Took a road trip on Dec 7th to Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio. I had ordered 5 blue splash Maran. On way there called and added on 6 EE and 8 Welsummer that were hatchery overruns. All pullets. I got there and they have a bargain bin. 6 what I call 'chipmunk' looking pullets, unknown...

we newly acquired two does and a wether Nigerian dwarf goat. We are adapting 1/3 of our large chicken coop for them. I have my grandmothers old nest box that I was using for the birds 10 seater), but wonder once cleaned out - would it work to use for the hay for the goats? I would restock all...

I have a 12x24foot coop, lots of birds that free range, and it's been since last spring that I cleaned the coop. Today was the day. It took 3 hours of shoveling, carrying shavings and poo out to the tractor bucket and to the 4wheeker cart to be hauled to the site of my future garden. The coop...

My son with an OEG bantam on his shoulder offering dried meal worms to my flock. He fancies himself the 'animal whisperer' of our household!

I happened into our local farm store last Friday morning, just as always to "see what they have" now that chicks are here. I am somewhat of a regular, so they spoke when I walked in. One of the guys came up and said, "you want some chicks?" I smiled, well, I am just here looking to see if...

A guy from the local feed store posted a hovabator w turner for $40. I have wanted to try so bad, we hatched w a broody last year and will likely do so again this year he had the book, showed me what to do and gave me the book, then he showed me his sportsman incubator he just bought. Now...

Have said yes to a friend of a friend who wants to get rid of their 2 year old guinea pig! I probably will get her tomorrow, cage, feed, hay, toys. I have the resources to take care of her, and my kids will love her. We have become a small animal zoo (not really). I seem to be saying yes to...

My 12 guineas are in a covered run, they free range the entire day if I am home, but are penned 2-3 days a week when I am gone for 12 hours out of the day. We are getting a small part of the rain from Sandy here in Ohio. My birds look like drowned rats. They have 2 roosts that they sit on...

Currently I am feeding flock raiser to my ducks, chickens (laying and growing) and guineas. Once everyone is of laying age can I switch back to the cheaper locally ground layer mash? I know layena pellets are okay, so i think nutrition wise it may be okay. But ther is $5 difference in 50#...

I was out of town today visiting my dad. His tomatoes did great this year (unlike mine) and he gave me a flat of tomatoes that split, etc. to give to the chickens and ducks. So I fed a few of them to the ducks and a bunch to my large flock of chickens. Then, I left 6-8 tomatoes in the flat 10...

My son went out in the rain this morning to play in a dump load of gravel we got for the duck pen. Next thing I know, he comes in and says . . . "you see, there were these warm eggs the chickens just gave us, and I put them in my jacket pocket and I jogged to the house. Then they...

So, I got chickens last year after wishing for years to get them. This year expanded to hatching my own (with broodies), and then added ducks and guineas. Now, I think it would be awesome to have peafowl. A few questions. . . How did you start peafowl? Did you have chickens? Did you...

I am having some issues feeding ducks, guineas, and chickens, various ages. Purina is what is readily available here, so I feed that and locally produced mash for my laying hens. I was on purina website and read about flock raiser and thought, well I could feed the chicks, ducks, and guinea...

I have recently been fortunate enough for my Pekin to start laying (I assume it is my 20 week old as the eggs have steadily increased .1 ounce daily in last week to 3 ounces). I also have an old Pekin also that may donate an egg occasionally too (got her from a friend to change my hen to drake...

I hatched out eggs under a few broodies from a guy on Craig's list. You can see the small OEG that was one of the broodies still hanging with her "babies." He had (in separate pens) Light Brahma, RIR, Turken, and Jersey Giants. He gave me a mixed bag so to speak at my request. I love...

I have 12 guineas. I got them the end of May as day olds. They are growing quickly. I have been trying to free range them and for now, they like the run. We built this south facing shelter, with a 2x4 up high for guineas, protected. For now, feeding them there to protect feeder, but this...

Here are some pics of my duck flock. I have a pair of WH and 4 Pekins (one drake Pekin) There are guineas in there with them, and no one was happy I was in the pen with them. I will eventually free range these guys in the evening, but so far when run door open, no one wants to go out yet...

I bought a tie dye kit and my two sons and I just made 5 shirts -- two for each of them, one for me. Anyone else doing this? My kids are 6 and 7 and it really was a great project! I hope they look cool. One of my sons likes lots of color, tie dye is a great way for him to wear lots of cool...

I just fixed egg salad from fresh eggs. Mmmmmm. A great breakfast! I have to say it has been 13 months since our girls first gave us eggs, and going out to collect eggs is always fun for me, the eggs are great! I have noticed a decline in chicken egg sales this summer, so the food bank...