Recent content by Chesher
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Packing peanuts
If they're not packing peanuts, they're probably going to be culled and sometimes in some pretty awful ways. It's not pleasant to think about, but if it's born a boy it's probably going to be ground up for feed. At least being a peanut they stand a chance of someone putting them up on craigslist...- Chesher
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- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Need advice on integrating new babies with 2 week olds
I'm in the same boat looking for the same advice. I have 2 week olds (4) and now a set of couple day olds (3). The guy at the feed store said the older ones would kill the younger ones if I threw them together now, but I'm wondering if he was just selling another set of brooder equipment (which...- Chesher
- Post #6
- Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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Best dog breed around chickens? UPDATE post #117 Thanks all!
Quote: I have to ditto this. We have two beagles and they absolutely ignore the chickens, in fact they get pecked from time to time and simply wander away from the offending hen! They're constantly in the chicken feed though... very food motivated. I don't trust one of them off leash (she...- Chesher
- Post #36
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Is a pond a must have?
Quote: Lol! I assume snorgle is a technical duck term. It definitely seems appropriate. Thanks so much for the advice. I think we might wait on getting ducks if we need to do 2 (which I thought would be the case). We have an awful lot of projects and I thought I might just be able to slip one... -
Is a pond a must have?
Wow! Thanks for the great suggestions and support! We have a little "water table" thing that my toddler plays with that might work really well. It's about 2 feet high and a little larger than an infant bathtub. I really like the idea of filling it up every couple days during "foul free range... -
Is a pond a must have?
Hello there! Been a lurker for a little while here and thought I'd finally come out and ask a couple questions. We're small town dwellers and have a little backyard where we keep 3 chickens very comfortably. They're great fun and my 2 year old son loves picking them up and collecting eggs. I've...