There is cropland around the pasture, but the pasture is for dairy cows, so I'm hoping not too much pesticides. And the pond is a manmade one that is built up around a spring, not one that gets natural runoff.
I'm sure there is some leaching going on, probably it is inevitable in such a...
There is a pond down the road in the middle of a large pasture. The farmer that owns it says I can fish and keep all the bullheads I want.
While I don't care for catfish too much for myself, I have been fishing with my daughter and granddaughter, keeping the fish and freezing them whole on...
My three girls don't like the snow either. The small hoop house is just 5 feet from their coop and I put hay and straw down, and there is even some grass roots for them to dig up, but if there is snow, they won't go over even if I put mealworm treats in the HH for them. I have to put a branch...
Bogtown and Alaskan,
Thank you for your responses!
I will put a roof on the run, and maybe some plastic to keep the run snow-free. The coop is for three chickens, and right now they have a moveable fence that they spend most days in- I just connect it to the door of the run and they go in and...
Thank you all for posting!
I have a chicken tractor, and was wondering if they would be OK in that for the winter. There is no floor covering where the ladder is, (a big hole in the floor). I was thinking I would cover that at night, but will I need to do more? I have an EE and two golden comets.