Recent content by Billy C

Owls are protected from everything but Power Wind turbines. So many are being killed by the blades, including eagles, bats, migratory birds, etc. that Obama removed compulsory bird death casualty reporting by wind farm owners. The numbers are so huge that if the numbers are totalled there will...

I should have taken a picture of it. Today I cracked a large egg from my flock and was not surprised to find a double yolker. They are new layers and double yolks are common. What was not common was one yolk was nice and yellow and looked totally normal and healthy, the second yolk was really...

I think the author meant predators, disease, etc. and it is bumble foot, not bubble foot (in case you try to look the infection up).

I ran a 2x4 on edge from one wall to the other about 12" out from the nesting boxes. My nest boxes are about 24" above the coop floor. A chicken can not fly into a box. They are birds, they do fly, sorta. Being clumsy fliers they are not concise enough to navigate a flight into a nest box...

I don't know if it works or not but a friend in Mexico has roosters where he not supposed to. Fertilized eggs sell for more than sterile ones do. He takes an elastic band and places it around the neck just tight enough to stay in contact with the neck skin. To loose is the same as no elastic...

There are a few good videos on youtube on doing the spurs on a rooster. It doesn't seem to bother the rooster any but the method seems crude. Sometimes the old methods are best. At times there is a small amount of blood from taking the spurs off. They are not trimmed, but twisted off the leg...

Is that an automatic waterer off the 5 gallon bucket? I also notice Apple Cider vinegar under the bucket. Do you add the vinegar to every bucket of water? A lot of work went into your coop. Looks really nice. You may want to put in a walk in door on the end soon. Chickens can poop in the...

Not to get picky but chicks are hatched, not born.

It really depends on how your dogs have been trained all along. A dog that is told NO when it chews an old sock and when it does chew one and is not disciplined then it is a 'just sometimes trained' dog. You can't trust the dog around your chickens. I have had rotties for over 20 years and...

LOL !! I was doing that just today as I let the ladies out of the coop. 1,2,3,4,3,4,5,4,3,4,5,6,7,ummm, 6,5,7,8,7,4, aahhh crap.

I click on My Profile and a drop down list shows. One choice is to 'Edit My Signature'. When I click on it a window pops up and says, "You are not permitted to edit this signature. I am logged in, I have logged off and back on again, same issue. At the moment I have no signature at all and...

4/03/2014 @ 14:08