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    Breed suggestions for weeder geese on 1/2 acre vineyard

    Do they just eat your grass, or do they eat your weeds as well?
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    Breed suggestions for weeder geese on 1/2 acre vineyard

    Currently researching Sebastopol geese and Cotton Patch geese. We have 1/2 acre of grapevines in Northern California next to a road on a fully fenced property with a 4 ft fence. The weed infested vineyard sits right next to our lovely garden, and I’m hoping to not have to fence it off. What...
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    Can you raise Silkies, Polish, and Houdan with standard size birds?

    Thanks! This is a relief. Have you had issues introducing new birds to your flock and having them pick on the crested?
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    Can you raise Silkies, Polish, and Houdan with standard size birds?

    Ahh so you’re really telling me to get even MORE crested than I was planning. I’ll be sure to tell my husband.
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    Can you raise Silkies, Polish, and Houdan with standard size birds?

    I’m getting 9 chicks in April and really wanted 2 Silkies, a Houdan, and a Polish in the mix with a Lavender Orpington, BCM, EE, Ameraucana, and Cochin Bantam. They will all be the same age and will grow up together, so I’m hoping it will establish a firm foundation for a flock, and they will...
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    New here! Just moved to the country, weighing the pros and cons of getting chickens

    I’m researching 55 gallon rain barrel drums with cup waterers on pvc pipes and pvc feeders (or better options) as we speak. There are lots of chickens in our area, so I’m sure I wouldn’t have a hard time finding a neighborhood babysitter.
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    New here! Just moved to the country, weighing the pros and cons of getting chickens

    Recommendations on what shed you’d recommend? I’ve heard people swear by Tuff sheds and others say they fell apart after a few years and wish they had something built properly. I’m pretty handy, but no builder, and I found someone who could build me a 4x8 walk in coop with 8x12 run for about...
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    New here! Just moved to the country, weighing the pros and cons of getting chickens

    We were planning to raise as chicks this spring- BCM, Silkie, Polish, Lavender orpington, EE, Ameraucna, Cochin. I’ve been endlessly researching night and day to my family’s dismay (when I get into something, I go DEEP). Coop design, breeds, deep litter vs poop board, etc. But now feeling...
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    New here! Just moved to the country, weighing the pros and cons of getting chickens

    Hi everyone, I just moved with my husband and 2 young daughters to the countryside in Northern California on some acreage and initially thought, what better way to initiate the new lifestyle than to get 6-10 chickens as pets and let them free range all over our property. Catch is, I get sick if...
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    What’s best for a newbie to start - chicks or pullets?

    Wait, just looked on my pet chicken and their minimum is 8 chicks. I can work with that!
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    What’s best for a newbie to start - chicks or pullets?

    Kids are 5 and 3, albeit abnormally responsible children, but obvious supervision will be required. I think your advice is sound regarding chicks - So you’d suggest going with the hatchery since local breeders won’t typically be able to sex accurately, if at all, and what, get more than I need...
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    What’s best for a newbie to start - chicks or pullets?

    We want to end up with 6 hens this coming year, each one of a different breed (BCM, Silkie, Polish, Lavender orpington, EE, Cochin). Our plan was to get 6 chicks this Spring, but upon more research I’m concerned we will end up with some roos if we get them all as chicks from local breeders. I...
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