Articles by Debbie292d
What could possibly be more magical for a chicken keeper than watching an egg turn into a tiny life right before our eyes? That's right, hatching your own eggs! We aren't going to discuss the hatching process today but rather the cleaning of the eggs before setting them. Most will tell you not...
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As poultry keepers, at one point or another in our chicken-keeping journey, we will have a run-in with rodents. They squeeze through cracks in our hardware cloth, get into the coop and into the feed, build nests with loads of babies, scare our birds at night, spread disease, and...
If you think you might be getting scammed, STOP. You should feel comfortable with a purchase, not skeptical or suspicious.
I was once scammed in an indoor plant group on Facebook thinking being retired law enforcement, I could never fall for such a thing, yet I did. I...
Introduction
First, to clarify: this isn’t an article about treating chickens with Vitamin E, although I will touch on that at the end. This is about supplementing their feed to increase overall intake beyond what’s already provided.
🟡 Quick Summary
• Target Vitamin E: 40 IU/lb
• Current feed...
We purchased a 12x20' garden shed from an Amish builder in Wisconsin. They hauled it out here.
They set it where we had already had a level base of sand and several inches of pea gravel.
We built a wall 5 feet from the right with a door to separate the coop from the garden shed and...