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For me helping baby Chicks hatch is a gift. I have always kept a chick alive when helping them. I suggest that you should take the egg, and chip off the shell. Do not take the membrane OR the dired part off. THEY WILL BLEED TO DEATH. Little blood spots are fine, but if you notice sever bleeding...

We never had a major problem with flies but flies to me are like spiders to most people. I can't stand them and I hate it when they land on me. We tried everything before giving up and getting Muscovy ducks. I think most ducks are good with flies but Muscovies have personalities more like...

I took this picture when my daughter and I went in 2007. I thought I had more chicken pics than this but maybe not. They are cool birds, especially the roosters. They have learned to live off the tourists.

I happen to have 3 of these that hatched on the 20th of February so I ran out and tried to take some pics. They move so fast its hard to get a good pic but I got a couple. Mom is Mille Fleure D'Uccle and dad is a mottled Serama.They were hatched and are being raised by a Japanese hen though...

The don't lay as much when the days get shorter, if at all. They also tend to molt this time of year and don't lay when they are molting.

Black Widows are not as bad as most people think. I got this from the California CDC at http://www.calpoison.org/public/spiders.html How dangerous are black widow spider bites? If a black widow spider bites a person, do not panic! No one in the United States has died from a black widow spider...

Quote: Actually Dawn is quite safe for animals. Its been extensively tested because Dawn donates so much for animals in oil spills, etc. and has for decades. I had to calll the poison control center for something getting on an animals, like diesel fuel, when I was a groomer and thats what they...

Our nastiest chicken is a hen and we have 3 roosters. She's definately a hen because she lays eggs. She's a Bantam Cochin and her sister is very sweet, she's my daughters 4H fit and show bird and behaves perfectly on the table. This one is nasty. She bites people and tries to chase everyone. She...