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20181222_133406 by BorealRanch posted Dec 22, 2018 at 11:02 PM

My phone/internet is the reason why I am unable to upload... it's just not working.

The chicks were an unplanned hatch our easteregger brooded in the forest. They were hatched Oct 25th all of the toes are completely black... trying to upload a pic but am unable to

A few of our chickens already seem to have frost bite on but nothing too crazy. Mostly just the tips of combs but on much closer examination one of my younger ones feet look completely dead. I've pulled it inside to warm with another and given it's feet a warm water bath like I've read but I'm...

Update on my "fake" egg... I put it in the coop where I wanted my turkey to nest... the chickens and turkeys pecked at it until all that was left was the perfect egg shaped ball of glue lol... back to the drawing board!

Trying to train my turkeys where to lay as they are laying their big beautiful eggs in the woods with negative temps lol I collected one egg and blew it out like you would eggs to decorate for easter. Filled it with rice (would prefer sand but we are all froze up!) Then plugged the hole with...

Just letting it dry.... poked a hole in the top and bottom of the real egg and blew out the insides (like you would when painting eggs for easter) and fillingbit back up with school glue and rice (I would use sand but everythibgbus frozen) so the shell stays stable ☺ fake egg here we go!!!

I blew out the one egg I've been able to collect from them... going to fill it with school glue to create a "fake" egg from a real one

How's this look?

Our turkeys have just started laying. Got them as day olds on May 15th. They are orlop bronze and we allow them to completely free range, no fencing at all. And tips on getting them to lay in our hen house as they have taken to laying in the dense forest around our property. Big waste as...

So! Locked the turkeys and ducks up for a couple of days and got a couple of BEAUTIFUL turkey eggs... not I the nests though... and now that they are out again they haven't layed indoors :he but on the plus side my chickens seem to love the natural cover! Egg production has been through the...

How far away from chickens would you keep a garden to keep them out of it without fencing? We have no fencing and would prefer not to ($$$) but I want to put in a pumpkin patch and outdoor garden in addition to a greenhouse but don't know how far they would have to be...

Tomorrow the turkeys stay inside until I find 2 eggs... found this beauty frozen into the snow this morning

Bellow are pics of: where I've found a hen nesting, existing "nesting box" (bookshelf on the ground), then what I've done in the interim until I can get something better built... only get about 20 mins of working in before someone takes a tantrum so it's taking some time lol