Recent content by Mrsdymacek

I was just in the TSC yesterday looking at this feed. I think it is a good feed for a mixed flock but I would look o supplement calcium to your laying age birds if you use it. On the back of the bag, it recommends to switch the Layena when the birds reach laying age, so I assume the main...

I've just read the ventilation page and I think I've got that in the bag but now what concerns me in insulation in the winter. We are zone 7a, so it's not terribly frigid (like Canada) but I am sure it would be a bit drafty. Ideas?

I think a female companion would be ideal. We do not have a water fowl rescue program that I can locate. Your one in NC is about 4 hours away for us. Hmm... I will have to continue to think on this.

Yes, Goosey is a goose! (Good question, that hadn't occurred to me!) Thank you!

Thank you!

I grew up on a farm and my mom got me 6 Embden goslings for my 16th birthday. They were barnyard geese and while they were never really a nuisance, they weren't pets in the socialized, often handled sense of the word. Well here I am, 32 years old, having been to college and worked in the city...

Like I mentioned in my "new here" introduction, my husband and I going home to the country and want to get a few back yard birds. We are on the fence between ducks and chickens, or maybe both, but I know we want a Christmas goose that would just be a temporary resident each year. We're not...

Hi All! I am a farm girl who has worked in "the big city" for ten years and now my husband and I are moving back home. We've only got an acre but that is a far cry better than a lot measured in sq/ft!! We'd love to have a few chickens/ducks, but I need to sort out housing for them since our...