I will not let my girls free range when I am not home anymore. I live in a very rural location and free ranging has been fine until today. I know there is always a risk. Some new neighbors let their dogs roam... Which we will have to talk to them about. We keep our dog in the yard with a buried...
They learn the rules, "forget", and require discipline. My seven ladies have been doing great laying in the nesting boxes even though they free range. I go out of town for the weekend. My daughter tends them. She only gets three eggs on Saturday and three on Sunday, when normally it is 6 or 7...
I use SparkPeople.com. It is free. If you want ad free, there is a cost, but I use the free version. You start out filling out current weight and height. What your goal is by a certain time. They will not allow you to set more than 2 lbs. A week goal. They give you a calorie range to stay in...
I was sittiing out with my ladies this afternoon and looked at the dancing Sun reflections scooting around the grass. The source of the show was the spinning reflector disks we have in our fig tree near the coop. The disks are supposed to keep birds scared off from eating the figs. Doesn't...
I have a sense of satisfaction when I look at my Bovan Browns, who came from an egg laying operation. They looked rough when I got them. They were in a molt and their toe nails were so long. Now, they have feathered out, are back to laying in a natural time setting, and are happily free ranging...