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Hi all been away from the site for a bit. Looks like there has been a change in the website and app. The email i have using for the past 20 years doesnt work with BYC since the change. Strange. I had to set up an alternative so i can still post and keep in contact. All is well at the small...

My mille flur d-uckle says good morning everyone.

So Somewhere in the ramblings of the covenance they should define livestock. Usually this is larger animals and does not include chickens. Livestock is a rather broad term. Livestock, i would think would have 4 hooves. If th covenance does not include a definition of livestock then run with...

My little mille flure d-uckle hatched out her 11 eggs earlier this week. We have 10 left. One chick decided to get out and explore a little too closely to the test of the hens. Here are a couple pics. Tiny little ones. [/IMG]

Hang in ther. A couple of years ago i saw a large bobcat taking off with one of my hens. It sucks. But it happens. I couldnt get to a hunting accessory fast enough to take care of the situation. This just gives you a reason to hatch this spring.

Sounds like it is time for a live trap. That coon WILL be back. You dont necessarily have to release them alive. If you are still working for who you used to work for ask one of them. They will let you know. Thats a land owner thing and protecting your livestock. I am saving up for electric...

I have hard time keeping up with and finding my little mil flure d-uckle the past week. I found her yesterday. She had a nest of 11 eggs under the rhubarb pland and was quite happy there. We moved her to the new coop with the blue laced red wyandots. I hope she stays on the eggs. Time will tell...

I havent posted in a while so i though i would post on last nights experience. It started yesterday when i came home to a dead meat bird. No big surprise there asbit has been very hot the past few days. They are scheduled for processing Sunday, any volunteers? I put it in a bag and placed it in...

A halfway decent trail cam mounted in an inconspicuious are would erese all doubt from the police's questions. A picture is worth a thousand words kind of thing I can think of a few traps and snares that would work also. Probably shouldnt do that though. You moght hurt their feeling. Police...

I ordered 5 blrw from schletch hatchery along with my meat birds. They are three weeks old now and feathering out nicely. I am hoping for at least one hen out of the five. I thinks the odds are good. I have six goslings if anyone is interested. Two are 5 weeks and 4 are 4 weeks. Two are toulouse...

Congrats on yhe lamb. My wife would love to get a couple. She grew up with 4h and showing lambs in Michigan. Her grandparents had a large herd of them. At the moment we dont have anywhere to keep them however. What kind of lambs are they?

clucklady812, I have a few goose eggs she can try and hatch if you are interested. Just don't want to see them go to waste. They are Toulouse eggs. I currently have four goslings running around with their parents that I am interested in getting rid of if anyone is interested. Two are three...

Recipe for mouse killer yhat won't kill your chickens if they get into it. One cup oat meal or ground up chicken feed pellets 40 to 50 rasins or some other dried fruits( that shriveled up apple that has been on the counter will work). Probably a quarter of it. Slice it up small and let it dry...

I havent heard about not candling on days 11-14. Must be a developement thing. I generally acndle when i have the opertunity. I dont think you messed up. Most of my chicken hatches have been pretty good to this point. Geese hatches are a different story. Its hard to hatch geese.

I would agree that a large sytem would be needed. A heading pad mama would work much nocer with this situation. Chicks are looking good. Is that a feather duster they are under.

I am just south of fountain colorado. We got about 6 to 7 inches and a cold wind yesterday. It is melting rather fast today. I can definatly sympathise on losing power. We did not lose it here this storm but we have in the past. I have installed a couple of solar panels and a battery bank that...

Second batch of eggs hatched last weekend. 20 out of 22 hatched. I have a friend that wants two and we are going to put one under a broody silkie and see if she accepts it. We are going to give her the smallest one as she is quite small. The six goose eggs that are developing still need another...

We designed my neighbors incubator a little different. The air flow is directed on the inside instead of the outside. There is an additional panel that runs to the bottom along the back. He had more space on the inside initially. Last year his hatches were quite good. I have no idea what he is...

23 more eggs went on lockdown this evening. Hopefully all goes well. Hatch day is saturday. Thebonly thing left after that will be the goose eggs. I wont know about thise until the 8th or ninth of next month. Here is a brief write up of my home made wine-o-bator. The heat source is provided by...

Pick away. I am pretty much an open book. My first wine fridge bator is a small one. It works well and i hatched out many chicks. Somewhere in my old posts on this thread is the build up and a lot of pictures. Probably within my first 50 posts or so. I have always enjoyed this site and...