I am NE of Athens :http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=Colbert,+GA,+USA&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title
That should be a link to the Google Map, showing our proximity to Athens, if it worked.. here are some pics...
And by "good" I mean will not neglect them and only slaughter humanely; I don't mind if you eat them. That's probably what I was going to do with a few of them anyway .
Would love for the silkies to go to a nice home with some pretty lady silkies, and will even throw in a buff or partridge...
The "poultry netting" I was referring to was the product under that name at the hardware stores, which seems more accurately to be called 1" chicken wire.
I'm thinking it would have the be heck of a determined hawk, to be diving within 8' of the side of the house...but I wonder if a few nice...
I'm not sure about the predators in the area...we'll be in town, but it's a small rural town, so just a mile or so away it's forests and farmland. And I assume EVERYWHERE has raccoons?
I am building a coop for them, and they'll probably be locked in at night, at least until I can suss out the...
Ok, so the house I'm moving into has a teensy little backyard with a privacy fence. I estimate the measurements as about 25' x 8'.
There's a huge side yard and a big front yard, so gardening and etc will happen there,and there's nothing else I need this space for, so...
Is there any reason...
Hi chickhamm, I am about twenty minutes North and slightly East of Athens.
I don't have any current pics of the silkies, but I can probably get some in the morning if you'd like. I have their baby pics, but they look COMPLETELY different now.
I got them from a nice lady in Powder Springs...
Hi guys! Due to a sudden move, I am having to get rid of the majority of my flock before I've even finished their coop!!!
I have
5 Buff Orp Pullets $10 each
5 Ameraucana Pullets $10 each
5 Silkies $12 each
4 Barred Rock Roosters $7 each
The standards were all born around January 5...
Thanks for the ideas, guys...
I've looked up the zoning restrictions as far as I can, but while it looks like poultry is specifically forbidden in residential zoning areas in Chickamauga, I can't figure out if my future address is included in the area, since their map on the website is too...
Heeeeeeeeeelp!!!
I started my very first flock this year: 7EE pullets, 7 Buff Orp pullets, 4 Packing Peanuts, and 6 assorted silkies. They should finally be laying age right around the beginning of May, BUT...
I may have to move to a new house that is within the city limits of a small town...
I have four ND babies right now, two doelings and two soon-to-be-wethers. They're right between four and five weeks, and are being bottle fed cow's milk three times a day. They're growing like weeds and the bottlefeeding is awesome for their socialization, too. The breeder from whom they were...
I have several piercings, and an AWESOME professional piercer.
The biggest difference in these piercings will be with healing after the fact: how inconvenient is it going to be to keep pressure off of those spots? I found the helix to be the most troublesome...it gets caught on things...
Thanks so much for the reassurances, guys.
I was pretty sure I was being paranoid, but no harm in checking, right? I blame the dire warnings on all the websites and books about careful sanitation...
DS's tummy seems to have improved, and no further signs of distress in the rest of the...
Ever since a few days after I brought my baby chicks home, there's been some...intestinal upset going around in my family. My three-year old started the day after the chicks came home, with nausea and diarrhea. DH and I had some of the diarrhea, but quickly recovered. The wee one improved in...
Is the clear stuff ever a good idea? I was thinking of building my coop with half that and half opaque, so that they get the daylight but also have shade.
My coop's going to be in a pretty shady spot, anyway.