We have 13 full-sized free-rangers that night-coop all locked up tight in one coop, and in another coop we have the ones we accepted from the school. There are 3 bantams and 3 'babies' which have been living in our Teen Zone coop for a few months, without free-ranging at all. We worried the...
I've wondered the same thing! Once we had a Rupert, we worried about "eating babies"! But completely technically speaking, and pardon my ignorance, does conception occur before the egg is created ? I know it occurs before the egg is laid, but...
Dumb question: If I am to put the chicks under her at night, a la tooth fairy, how do I watch her for hours to ensure she doesnt hurt them?
and how long do I leave her 'cooped up' in the cage with them? days? weeks? let her out in the evening for an hour or so, then try to get her back into...
I have a brooder who is about 1 year old. She's been faithfully sitting her nest for 24 days on an egg that I labeled when I noticed her growling at me. *grin* We have no rooster, so the egg is a dud, but we wanted to give her a chick or two...or three... but I dont remember the specifics of...
I have a brooder who is about 1 year old. She's been faithfully sitting her nest for 24 days on an egg that I labeled when I noticed her growling at me. *grin* We have no rooster, so the egg is a dud, but we wanted to give her a chick or two...or three... but I dont remember the specifics of...
A little off: I want an easy smiley program that puts a drop-down box into my outlook Express. Do any of you have a good source? I dont want extra tags on my emails, as the dial-up tends to get hung-up on them...I miss my smileys!
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brooding!, as in the behavior of brooding over something
I was looking thru vocabulary for my kids to learn this summer while we are doing a farm unit, and I had the same realization: a lot of vernacular comes from the farmlands!