Hi all! We have been visiting this website for over about 4 months. Our names are Domenic and Traci. We decided a long time ago that we really wanted some chickens. We went out and purchased our first three chicks and had a terrible time with them. we were completely unprepared and ended up...
Hi all. Today is day 23. Five out of our 16 eggs have hatched and doing well. One of them has some type of issue with feet not opening completely. first question....does anyone know why his feet arent opening completely? Next question....we candled remaining eggs. 5 are definately bad. we...
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Yep! Santo Claus House is right down the street(Santa Claus Way) from the Catholic church (whatelse but St Nicholas)and across from the Elf's Den Bar!
Have you had any luck getting the ducks up the ramp? Mine will hardly step up on a 4x4 and won't walk over a stump! And the geese...
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what an awesome job! it's simply beautiful!!!!
Thank You. we truly enjoyed building it! And Traci is doing a fantastic job at the interior murals...will post more pics soon.
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Thank You Nifty... I guess the most exciting part of building this coop was all the kids helped out! I kinda missed that from them.. as we all know when they reach their teens nothing parents do seems to excite them anymore..In this case i would build 100 coops just to have them...
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Hmmmmm. now you got me thinking.. all you have said seems to be very logical. Even though the feeder is not exposed to the rain.. It is in the front of the run where it is covered, but still exposed to the humidity.. we have not been filling it all the way. The last 25 lb. bag was...
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Actually no probs from neighbors.. We figured once they start laying we will give eggs to all close to us...
There are snakes here but nothing big! 2-5 feet.. mostly black racers and garden snakes...
Many raccoons, especially in my area(very little town). Covered in trees. Many birds...
Ok, egg one while moving around through the other eggs, it dragged the cord still attached to part of the egg and came off! whew!! he/she looks fine and happy..
egg two, he came out just fine. no cord attached, but one eye open and one closed..
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Hmmm we're starting our first hatch this weekend actually due to hatch the 24th. But from what I've seen that should not still be attached. It should come away cleanly on it's own. With no actual experience of my own, I would say leave it be. I don't think anything can be done that...