Recent content by slikchik

Love my two nubian does. They're not any louder than other goats I've met. Yes, they did eat everything less that 5' tall. We're considering 20 acres with lots of poison ivy and roses and weeds and I can't wait to unleash them on it. I hope to use a Gallagher portable electric fence system for...

Wonderful photos. I've had dairy goats for about 8 months now, got two sisters that were just ready to breed. Only one bred and kidded and gave two little doelings, amazingly cute and gentle. The best attribute of my does is their gentleness, my two year old daughter bosses them around. It was...

Don't give up on broilers! Especially now that you've found the problem. I lost 5 of my first 15, and 6 of my second 10 to boneheaded moves. The five were due to using the wrong litter - I had free fresh wood mulch in the back yard that I was putting them on and it gave them respiratory issues...

Cook's Illustrated really is the BEST authority on cooking out there but I noticed that the link doesn't seem to be working. I've got their book on cooking everything chicken and here's the gist of brining: from p.12 of "The Best Chicken Recipes" "Why are some chickens dry as sawdust while...

Hi all. I'm Faith, married in my late 20's with two kids and finally ready to confess that I do actually like chickens. I've kept them for four years now with an economical excuse that the organic eggs and meat were simply the healthiest I could provide at the best cost for my family. Last...