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    Help! My wife is mad at me for feeding the chickens pizza!

    My vet recommended not feeding my 100 chickens anything but Purina Chicken Chow. He said that they have been making chicken feed for a long time, and they tweak it every year to perfect it even more. He says that even kitchen vegetable and fruit scraps can be difficult to digest and decrease...
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    80 new chicks and 25 new ducklings -- How to introduce to 75 hens?

    Hi I have 80 chicks about two weeks old and 25 ducklings one week old. Currently they are set up in my greenhouse with a light, food, water, etc. After some time, I would like to bring them all to my main chicken coop. I think I am supposed to wait six weeks. Please confirm. Once I introduce...
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    Continuing Rat Problem

    Hi I didn't install it but I will try my best to fix anything. Thank you.
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    Continuing Rat Problem

    No I have been advised against it because the poison gets in the rats which get eaten by our barn owls and other predators and the poison then becomes systemic. I also have four mousing cats. Do you think its OK to use it?
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    Continuing Rat Problem

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    Continuing Rat Problem

    I posted here a while back and utilized all of the recommendations from you kind souls. Now I am trying to tweak the new gadgets and need your help again. 1) I got an electric rat zapper. The one that got the best reviews. I have had it set with peanut butter for about 10 days. No rats were...
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    Chickens with Matching Eggs Poster Needed

    Wow! Such wonderful and gracious members there are in this Backyard Chickens group! I thank you for your replies. I think the chart works better than lots of words for kids that are distracted in a coop setting. I didn't really jive with the cartoon versions of the chickens, though. I would love...
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    Chickens with Matching Eggs Poster Needed

    Hi! I have a permaculture farm where lots of kids and adults come and hang out with my chickens, ducks, sheep and llama named Cosmo. I would really like to get my hands on a laminated color poster of labeled chicken breeds with their respective egg color(s) alongside of them. Same for ducks. It...
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