Articles by lizard of oz

Did you know there are more than 200 breeds of chickens? Why do you care? Besides color, plumage pattern, style of comb and wattles -- somewhat cosmetic considerations -- chicken breeds differ on everything from personality, to broodiness (tendency to sit on eggs to hatch them), to winter...

This is my flock that I currently have. We got Gretel, Lucy, Mo, Heidi, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Katie for free. We have had at-least 120 chickens since we started chickens, but now we only have 13 (1 rooster, and 12 hens). This is "Gretel" a barred rock hen. This is "Lucy" a...

Yellow-bellied slider turtle Yellow belly slider turtle (Trachemys scripta scripta) In the family Emydidae Diet: The hatchlings are more carnivorous than the adults, they prefer more meats, like shrimp that you can get at the pet store rather then the pellets. The adults eat...