Recent content by SharkmanDan

Well, it's been a LONG TIME, since I've been on here. Much has happened. Without getting into the details (those who know me on Facebook, know some details) I had a disastrous year last year. I lost my entire flock to predators, save for one Speckled Sussex Rooster, and four mixed breed ducks. I...

Thanks Matt. Much appreciated. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Light and warmth. That's the typical key. Mine are getting artificial light from 2am until sunup, every day. When it gets cold, near freezing, they slow down laying, until the weather warms up. I'm getting about a dozen a day, when it's warm out, then maybe 2-4 eggs a day, on those really cold...

Plus, I'm concerned that if I put a water source in a reasonably confined space, that maybe a piglet would drown. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I need to build a farrowing pen. My short experience with pigs is that ANYTHING that I use to put feed or water in, unless it is big and heavy enough, will be overturned by the pigs. How do I build a pen, that mama will have access to water and feed, give the piglets a little room to move around...

It's been a very long time since I checked in with y'all. Thought I'd drop by and say hello. Not much going one here. Had a few birds lost recently to predators, but, y'all know that's nothing new, for those of us who free range our birds. I think the last I was on here, I had recently gotten 4...

Maybe I wasn't clear. I'm not blaming you. I'm simply just giving warning, about big online hatcheries. I personally try to get my birds local, or hatch them myself. My theory, is that birds are more immune to airborne organisms that they are born into. They develop immunities, when they are...

That's terrible. Not sure who the breeder was, but, I refuse to buy online, anymore. I'm mostly trying to hatch out, all of my own birds, and sell what I can't use. But, I've had much better luck, with birds purchased in person, than with mail order. I've ordered from McMurray, eFowl, and a few...

Thanks, Rinda. Always a wealth of great info.

I have a question to ask of y'all. I came to the conclusion, that my main flock, needed to be wormed. The entire flock of layers, in the main pen, stopped laying in late March, and since then, I have gotten exactly 2 eggs (until today) total. Last week, I concluded that the flock must have...

Try looking up Sean Clark, of Clark Farms LLC. I can't locate his ad right now. When I do, I'll try to post it here.

Jim Leopard of Warner has some, as does Sean Clark of Westville. They're the two I know of. Here's Jim's Facebook ad: I'll try to get Sean's information, too.

Coral, Wonderful. So long as they don't go to waste. That's the most important. I'll dig your phone number out of messages, and give you a call. Thank you so much.

I know that I've been mostly absent for some time. I apologize for that. I'll tell all y'all about it soon. But, I have 54 chicken, and 8 duck, eggs, ready to incubate. Most are Ameracauna, some are Marraduna and a few are Australorp. All are purebred. They should be in the incubator, by...

JacobH-email sent.