Anyone bothered to order the "heritage" varieties offered by MPC, Meyer, ect? Just wondering about the quality or if they're worth the hassle?
I currently have a flock of barred rock bantams from Dick Horstman, and working on a LF flock from Jamie Duckworth. Just curious about the hatchery...
Looking for quality barred rock hatching eggs (Good Shepherd, Duckworth, etc). Large Fowl.
Also the same for barred rock bantams. I currently have a flock or birds from Dick Horstman. Would like to add fresh birds.
Anyone have pig tractor photos?
I have an acre or so of land I need to reclaim, that has gotten pretty "woody." Planning on working it with a chainsaw and such this winter once greenery dies off to make it easier, but considering building a tractor for a pair or pigs to work stumps, roots...
Received a cockatiel and parakeet today from a less than ideal home. Going to take some work as the cockatiel very much wants to bite.
Anyway... I've had parakeets in the past but no experience with cockatiels. Presumptive male, but just looking to verify gender. Photo attached.
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I bought half a dozen Pekin ducks on a whim. They were outgrowing their bin at a local Rural King and as a result, were discounted to $1/each. No idea of the age - pretty big; relatively speaking, but it's my first time with ducks so no idea. They're already about the same size as...
I have an 8x16 Cattle Panel Hoop Coop currently empty and considering adding ducks. I've not had them before but keep an assortment of other birds - chickens, quail, doves... No waterfowl. I have an identical coop for my chickens so assuming that their sqft needs are similar - just trying to...
I sent all of my quail to freezer camp around Thanksgiving and now have an empty coop. (Hoop house design - roughly 8.5W x 16L x 6H. I'd been using wood chips as flooring for the qual (and do the same in an identical chicken coop) because I BTE garden and use the same substrate in garden and...
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Hoping to add some dove this year and have some questions. Zero experience with them - I've raised chickens, ducks, & coturnix - but nothing any closer to a dove. Hoping to keep them outoors full time (zone 6a/6b border):
6a −23.3 °C (−10 °F) −20.6 °C (−5 °F) 6b −20.6 °C (−5 °F)...
I bought new property recently and until I build my house there, I'm using it as a garden and working on establishing a food forest. A wet spring has helped create an abundance of ticks so wondering if it's practical to tractor guineas. Just a few, to move a couple of times daily to...
Small flock of bantam rocks for sale. Horstman birds. Getting out of the bantam business in favor of Large Fowl. Great birds - Gentle, Good Mothers, everything Dick Horstman advertises them as, they have been. Added these for my kids who lost interest in poultry shows (and poultry in...
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Very seriously considering purchasing around 40 acres soon and deciding what to do with the land. Really just weighing in on emu farming - considering cattle as well as other alternatives, but right now (and it's early in the process mind you) I guess I'm at a Emu vs (cattle, goats...
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Just looking for advice from those who have rented pasture for livestock. I don't have the fenced acreage to house cattle/goats/emu/etc, but considering renting pasture for some. No giant herds or such, maybe 4-6 cows (or whatever that number scales up to if I go with goats or another...
I have a 2 week old coturnix that has wry neck. I've been treating with vitamin e, selenium, and poly-vi-sol for about 4 days. It has showed no signs of improving. It has a significant bend in it's neck (head is virtually upside down). Anything else to be done, or is it time to cull?
I have zero guinea fowl presently, and about the same amount of hands on knowledge of them but a family member is in the process of growing a food forest on a 1 acre lot. They have no real interest in chickens (since I run a couple of flocks and supply eggs) but considering a small guinea...