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Goats and chickens < then 2 acres = backyarder.

I was thinking of going to a large poultry show this weekend here in GA and perhaps buying some chicks....but then I started thinking about how much more risk there would be to buy chicks from a poultry show considering they had been around 1000's of other chickens for a couple days. I...

battered mother. I have no idea how old your mother is, mine is 72. I can tell you what I would allow in my home/marriage today is far different then home/marriages of 50 years ago. I grew up with a Dad who was an abusive alcoholic, was sexually abused as a child. Never saw my mom react in...

I switched to river sand several months ago and love love love it.

What about....going straight to the parents and telling them that you will press charges against their kid if anything happens again...bullying cannot be tolerated.

I started using a "poop hammock" about 2 months ago and am amazed how much cleaner the coop stays. Very little poo on the actual coop floor. I stretched sunblock material under the roosts and hooked the corners on hooks, then laid a tarp inside of that and put some DE and leaves on the tarp...

I just read an article in Mary Jane Farm magazine how they used something similar to this along with pallets for a barn. You may want to pay a visit to a local book store and pick up the current issue.

Walked out to my coop yesterday a.m. and heard what is an attempt at crowing...of course I did not realize I had a roo! I believe it is a polish that my daughter just had to have several months ago. My question is, can a polish roo mate with standard size chickens (i.e. Barred Rock, New...

I have successfully used moth balls...just throw them in the area where the cats are doing their business and it will keep them away. I had a neighbor who moved off last year and left his cats to breed and breed and breed some more...I have trapped a couple inside my fenced yard staring at my...

Quote: Good advice. My teenage daughter has actually used this and it is amazing what it flushes out of your sinuses.

I use river sand in my coops and run and really like it...I do sprinkle DE in both the coops and runs as well as it acts as a drying agent. In the coops I did add a poop hammock about a month ago under the roosts and this aids in a quick cleanup of the coops. I do not personally do the deep...

Cut my phone service to ring only (i.e. no caller ID, voice mail, etc.) Do not go into a store unless I have to. I find that if I go to Target I will find something to buy! Turn the heat completely off at night. Added addl blankets to each bed. The heat gets turned on when I get home in the...

Could your ladder be too steep for them...you indicated they flew out but did not go back in at dusk...also it may take a couple 2-3 times for them to go back in on their own but they will.

I personally had no problems with hawks or raccoons until it got cold...in the past month I have trapped 3 coons and also have two hawks regularly flying over. The only thing I can tell you is that in the warmer months the hawks seemed to leave my chickens alone when they were free ranging...

Quote: I was thinking about putting pellatized lime down in the chicken runs and goat area...will they eat the lime? Is it safe if they do? My goat area really needs some de-stinking!