I like the way you all think outside the box instead of doing things the cookie cutter way, so here is a question I would like to throw out there,.. Do you think I could make this work for some quail and would anyone have any suggestions on trying it, not talking about breeding stock just want...
It is time to replace a rooster that is just plain mean, I have his replacement, the replacement is 7 weeks old . How much will the young rooster pick up just by watching and being around the older rooster, or would it be better to just get rid of the older one and wait, meaning i would have...
I am undecided if it is due to the recent food change or the sudden heat? because I have 30 chicks coming up I am in the process of changing from layer pellets to purina all flock. now for a little background, both birds that I lost were freedom, rangers that I kept over last fall (this was done...
In the 2 years that I have been keeping chickens, every one of my loses have been due to cars, and this is a back road...when people throw the joke at me of why does the chicken cross the road, I tell them I do not know because mine never make it to the other side.
confused about the soybeans, I thought soybeans had to be cooked first to use as feed, and since i grow all these things how would I go about shelling things at a decent price, mixing would not be a problem since we still have the big feed mixers from when we raised pigs.......tried shelling...
the small run area is just a temporary shelter when needed, it gets reseeded when it turns to dirt. comes in handy when I need to introduce new birds since they can not get to each other.