Recent content by bcorps

Yeah, I put up a bit of a fight against what they were telling me, but it turns out they were pretty much spot on. For a beginner, it's just so hard to imagine that a 4 pound bird can shrug off Winter temps, much less run around having fun in it. I guess it makes it even worse when you fall in...

Well, I got home from work today, and Nugget was still at her design temperature. I am continually in awe of these birds. They are freakishly tough if you give them proper care. Tomorrow will reach 40 degrees, so the danger is past. Let us hope this is the coldest it will get this Winter.

I am over in Evansville, so very similar weather to yours. I am super worried about one of my barred rocks, Nugget. She had the good sense to start her molt the last week of December. Right? She looks pitiful. I have a dog crate set up inside the house, if I could only catch her. I figure...

He might be TRYING to assert his dominance....but he takes off every time I come near him. He definitely knows not to mess with me. I do think it pisses him off when one of the girls sits in my lap though. He stands and stares.

I recently installed a surveillance camera in my chicken run. The results have me perplexed. Those little maniacs are sweethearts when I'm not there. No running around pecking each other on the head or fighting over treat_00763 when they have millions of others lying right next to it. My roo...

I caught my raccoon the very first night I put the trap out. Just make sure you put the bait far enough in that you don't smush his tail with the drop plate.

Same trap you use for a raccoon. Doesn't hurt them. I'm not even concerned with legal. Your neighbor isn't.

I wouldn't lose a moment's sleep over trapping that cat and dropping it 10 miles away. Of course, I have popped a cat in the butt with a pellet gun before too. Didn't kill him, and he hasn't been in my yard since, and even when he sees me on the street in broad daylight, he takes off running...

My BR pullets had combs like that at that age. Hard to tell at this point.

I couldn't tell you for sure if chickens love...(but it sure seems like it sometimes). I can only tell you I feel love for them. I am thankful all of them are only 1 year old, and hopefully have many more years left before I have to start losing my babies. I have two favorites that I just...

I just designed and ordered a nice metal sign for my coop. What do you think? The thumbs are just from the Vista Print website I used.

I just ordered this. Vista Print is pretty cool.

I have nine hens, all of whom are named: BO's: Rosie, Sissy, Little Miss PBR's: Bean, Dumplin', Nugget, Domino SLW: Frosty BA: Betty And a BO Rooster: Thing The funnest thing for me is, I can close my eyes and tell each and every one of them by sound (or silence, in Bean's case) as well...

That's the worst part of keeping chickens. They don't live as long as other pets, even if they don't come to an unnatural end. I have a favorite hen myself that I literally have to try not to get too attached to, because I know she may only live 5 years. That will be a tough day I do not look...

I had a little fun yesterday. I grew raspberries for the first time this year. I grabbed a handful of them that weren't up to table standards, added some freshly-shelled peas, and drove the girls wild. Bounce and roll equals hilarity from my little pack of raptors. They definitely got their...