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Today ag agway I noticed there was a poulin grain co layer feed, an agway brand 16% layer feed and an agway brand 21% layer feed just in the vacinity my eyes could see and so it got me wondering, how many feeds are there for laying pellets and which is the best like protein percentage wise?

Today at christmas I was told by my father that it may now be illegal bc there was talk of owning hens in concord new hampshire being made illegal. It was supposed to have been being voted on. Can someone please inform me on this? And how the law reads?

So my hens have never laid, they are about six month maybe seven months old. I wondered if they didn't lay because when they reach egglaying age the days werent long enough but I think they would have laid an egg or two. I have four hens a rooster and seven ducks in a six by four foot hut with...

My rooster mounts my ducks all the time but wont or atleast I haven't seen him mount or bother with the hens. Also my hens aren't laying even though there is a light in the coop and tips for why he mounts the ducks and why my hens aren't laying?

Over a week I've lost starting with the smallest pullet and going up the chain getting a bigger one each time. One day ill go out and the bird I know is going to die has ratty unkept feathers and will look like there wasting away. Then the next day ill find them dead on the coop floor. Nothing...

Can chickens smell and also can they taste?

Ok so I always thought an ermine was just the name for the winter coloration of a mink. After goggling it I could finds no definitive answer as to what is what other than that they are similar...so if someone can post some info that'd be great or better yet if you are a trapper could you answer...

Lprocess meat birds. What is it, preferably id like to do the whole bird. I've never done it before and was giving six broilers bc they were accidentally bought as what was thought as laying hens. Any tips?

Where I live im not allowed to have a roo due to the noise factor but...im wondering if there are any breeds for ornamental bantam or large that are quiet and would also protect my hens. By quiet I mean an occasion crow or too but crowing during the day and real early am isn't going to work, I...

If I am not allowed to have a rooster but my girlfriends mom has two plus ours we are giving her today and I want fertile eggs to hatch could we bring some of our hens over there to get bred? And two if we can and do how often does a hen need to be bred? Like after each egg she lays does she...

Does anyone know if ward 1 in Concord, New Hampshire is considered rural? Im trying to figure out if I can keep my too or not.

can someone post the chicken ordinances for Concord, New Hampshire. i want to know if there is a limit of birds and if roosters are illegal. i know hens are not because others in the neighborhood have hens but i got a rooster yesterday ( i looked and couldnt find anywhere that said it was a no...

Has anybody had a problem with squirrels killing baby chicks? I had seen alot of squirrels and then later in the day I had a chick turn up missing, it was last Wednesday and I haven't had a problem so far since. Whatever it was fit thru one inch poultry nettling or climbed up the coop and went...

Idk if this is the right place to post this, but I picked up a too to add to my hens for free on craigslist. The problem is is the lady didn't know for sure if it was a rule. So if I get a too fine if not then I get a pullet almost ready to lay. Its 15 was old and is what I was told was a white...

Im picking up a fifteen wk old white rock after work, any tips on integrating it in with some. Twelve week olds and eight week old pullets and ducks?

Could one inch chicken netting keep a weasel out? And could it climb up it and go thru two inch mesh? Or not really

Shags the best way to do this?

My coop for the most part is secure, hurried wire and the like. Nothing dug into it. The only gap is between the door and the chicken wire over the top of the run. Its a foot gap by about two foot wide. I e seen stray cats, I think it was a cat or a bird but im nit ruling out a weasel. Idk if it...

Will my domestic mallard and pekins fly away? They have never been around wild ducks or see ducks fly but the last two weeks they have really been trying hard to fly. The big pekin hen jumps in the air ands flaps like mad but can't really do anything, but im worried when flight feather fully...

Have plans they'd be willing to share that I could build a coop from for about aa dozen hens as idw to buy the plans online and the free ones I found are a little pricey id like to spend two hundred or less building it or spend alot over time