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Last year "something" kept eating my tomatoes. I thought it was a racoon 'til I caught my girls up to their waddles gorging themselves silly on my tomatoes (and lettuce.....and green bean sprouts!) I got pretty good at nailing them with dirt clods, but it wasn't enough to save my 'maters! This...

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone has details on the 2013 swap. Thanks!

I live in New Castle, IN, but am occasionally in the Greenville, OH area. I would like to buy a standard cochin rooster (or breed of similar temperament.) My big, beautiful black rooster was killed last week and my hens are quite unhappy. Not looking for a show quality bird. If anyone out...

Wow! Such quick replies!! Thank-you all!! Mac, we used shavings for bedding. Straw would have been slightly cheaper, since they were outside most of the time bedding wasn't a huge part of the expense. You're right about butchering them ourselves too. We helped our daughter with a few in the...

We recently raised our first meat chickens. We've had layers but never raised fryers/broilers. and I was amazed at how much feed they consumed!!! I'm picking them up from the processor tonight and when I tallied up the cost of the chicks, feed, bedding, and processing I was disappointed to find...