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(sigh) and what do I mostly have to build this quarantine coop with ? *** OSB *** plus some unseasoned white pine (?) from pallets discarded...

try to remember the kind of September when love was slow and oh so mellow

on the other hand, those "Americanas" that I got from Del's, hatched by the Privett hatchery, have been great hens (beautiful but not so great...

my cats bring these in regularly, -- yes, Pacific jumping mouse -- probably from the band of firs on the bank down to the power canal off the...

by the way, the cat named Savannah is NOT a Himalayan cross, she is a BALINESE ... a Siamese with the long hair gene -- way back when there may...

thank goodness I'm using game bird feed for my flock .. didn't see any recall for that flock of one still, but hoping to get the quarantine coop...

the Del's in Yelm gets their chicks from Privett -- I had great luck with the Easter Eggers I got there -- the rooster got feisty, but then...

Del's "americanas" -- EEs by any other name, are from Privett -- at least the local one here gets them there .. not purebreds of course,...

I doubt the chickens will use two different coops depending on weather, especially as much as the weather changes here ! you might be better off...

one thing that will discourage those ants, is pouring a bottle of chlorine bleach down the holes you find after you've shoveled off the pile of...

I want to plant some plants back in what will be the run area for the chickens. I'm thinking of removing a big something or other that is growing...

you have to walk a fine line when you "diet" too -- since if you eat too little, your body thinks you are starving and it starts trying to...

maybe a flock of guineas as well ??

a lot of it depends on your neighbors .. LOL luckily we are semi-rural -- homeowners' association covenants state: 3 pets -- but no one has...

when you are checking for coop material -- quite a few storage sheds or playhouses or even doghouses wind up on Craigslist or Freecycle --...

gotta go back to Maui every year cuz our medical works only there .. takes 6 weeks to three months to get in to see them all; hubby wants to...

actually the weather here is not much different from what we were having on Maui -- there we had torrential rains, fog, too much wind (50-60...

yeppers, we are BAAAAAAAACK ... until sometime late fall/early winter, health permitting need my chicken fix .. now that I am feeling better...

LOL -- do any chickens really know their names? mine always came running to "chick chick chick", only the rooster would come to "roo roo roo",...

I put diatomaceous earth in the "dust bath" area in the pen -- that way I know they'll fluff it through their feathers -- I also put it on top...