After a neighbors dog killed 19 chickens in 5 hours about 2 yrs ago, I quit chickens for awhile. My partner brought home 4 laying hens,Then a full grown rooster, then 3 more chicks, I'm back in chickens again.
Sorry I have been absent. The fall I took whipped me for a while. Granddaughter still has my newest babies, while I recover.
That is a good thing, I'm fighting g a snake. He got in sunday night, I got up Monday to no eggs, a demolished coop, dead broody mama (wet head neck), injured rooster...
Many reasons come to mind. Mainly human population encroaching on wildlife. I think the predators for raccoon (bobcat, coyote etc. ) are being pushed away from civilization, so the coon is flourishing . Also, very few hunters/trappers around to keep coon population in check. Ready supply of...
I punched a hole in each end of egg and blew egg out. Then enlarged hole slightly and used a syringe (without needle) and filled egg with mustard. 1 egg had a fairly large hole, I just put a squeezable container of mustard on hole and filled. My mustard eggs were to stop my egg eating dog. It worked
I am not a scientist expert or anything like that. GMO's scare the squat out of me. Why?
I know we have been crossbreeding seeds etc.. improving etc...
THIS IS HOW I UNDERSTAND, FROM WHAT IVE READ.
GMO IS different. Labs are adding growth hormones for more crop yield.
Adding insecticides (or...