Debeaking- the truth
I was always of the opinion that debeaking was cruel, but after raising a flock of 300 through a maine winter I started to think more and more about it. My hens free range all through spring, summer and fall but the winters here are just too cold. During the free range...
Tell the neighbors that the next time their dog is on your property you will shoot it. It is perfectly within your rights to do so and where I come from it would be expected. I had a pair of huskies kill 15 of my chickens one day. They got away before I could do much. Surely enough they came...
I've gotten three chicks like this. The best thing to do honestly is kill them. I tried to save the first two like this and they just suffered. Couldn't get up enough to eat and drink properly. Made the wife do the deed with the third..she's tough....
I sell 90 dozen eggs every 5 days at whole foods market in portland maine. Contact the dairy manager at a local supermarket, they will usually be excited to buy local eggs. The catch is you generally need to provide your own, non second hand, packaging. I just buy flat top cartons online and...
I am giving away the following roosters - all are approximately 5 months old
1 black australorp
1 rhode island red
1 white leghorn
my email is [email protected] and I am in alfred maine