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This was the first time we ordered chicks so I called our rural PO on the Thursday before they were to arrive and gave them my phone number so they could call as soon as they arrived, but we got a call on Saturday from the post office in the larger city where the mail goes before it comes to our...

We got a call Saturday morning from the main post office in the largest town near us saying that our peeps had arrived from MM. My hubby ordered them online around Christmas time for a Feb 1 ship date, so we didn't expect to see the peeps till today! We were very surprised to get the phone...

We got the call yesterday morning that our fuzz butts were at the post office, so my husband and one son went to get them while the other son and I finished getting everything ready. We got ours from Murray McMurray and have 16 cornish x, 6 EEs, 4 blue silkies (3 cuz 1 didn't make it), 5 black...

I just took this one yesterday when I went out to look for eggs. Had my camera with because I was taking pics of other stuff and just happened to turn around and see this. I tried for a 2nd shot, but Sweetie Bird jumped down.

How many chickens do you have if you sell your eggs? We have 10 girls who are about 6 months old and get between 4 and 8 eggs a day...too many for the 4 of us to eat them all, but do we have enough to sell them? Do you clean your eggs before selling them? Do you sell them in egg cartons, or...

I have a RIR who is about 5 months old and he's one mean bugger! We call him Peckerhead cuz that's what he acts like. I've been flogged a couple times (thanks for explaining that term!) and tend to carry a small rake with me when I'm out because he respects the rake. My sheltie is terrified...

Thank you! I sure hope that's what it is! I was out there watching her for awhile this afternoon and she wasn't doing it anymore. I have one girl laying right now, but haven't figured out which one of the 10 it is. Maybe she's the one.

One of our barred rocks has started doing this thing where she looks like she's either dry heaving or just yawning constantly. She's about 18 weeks or so and has been doing this a couple days. It's been pretty hot here, but we have fans going in the barn (they roam around the barn and...

Some of the chickens DH with the maremmas (rubbing Tori's belly with Reno next to her) the 2 female alpacas Cheddar (off-white) and Kyu (grey) with Cheddar's baby, Rey, born on May 29. The boys on left, Monte (white) and Duke (brown) and on right, Caballero (dark brown) and Sir Newman...

Northern Idaho...Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County. However, where we are in Iowa is real pretty....it just needs more trees. We have lots of rolling hills and it's very green here, but just not very many trees. Guess they're not good for crops. :p We've been...

Thank you! Ours hasn't started crowing yet, but I've watched him with another that we are pretty sure is a male and their neck feathers fluff out and they strut at each other and chest bump each other. None of the other birds do that, so we figure both of these are males. Thanks for your...

Thank you for the pics! I have a couple that have pretty red wattles and comb, both RIR. The rest of them have very small combs yet and while a couple are starting to turn light red, they're still real small. Since I only have 12 birds and don't NEED roosters, should I just let him grow up to...

Quote: Snoopy has a camera in his face all the time because he's just so stinkin' cute! He's always smiling about something.

Thank you! How can you tell?

I'm a little late on this one, but wanted to share my babies, too. I have been loving seeing everyone's dogs! The livestock guardians, our 1 year old Maremmas, Reno and Tori Snoopy, our Bernese Mountain Dog at the hotel a couple weeks ago. He'll be a year old on May 13. Here's a better...