Hi all (I apologize if this is posted in wrong spot....I really stink at choosing where to post) This is my chickens first snow (and my first snow having chickens) I need to salt my steps and pad so my dog wont break a leg or something worse. I bought that driveway salt that says its safe for...
Hi all. I recently broke my coller bone (and surgery to bolt it back together), which has been just awesome;) Anyway, I haven't been able to get to the feed store until today but the past 3wks or so my hens have been living off dry cat food and house scraps. I tried to give them their normal...
Hello all, I let my flock out for the first time yesterday (they free-range,but the area is fenced in,about 100x100,and they sleep in their coop at night). Well, yesterday I decided to let them out of the gate and roam around the rest of the yard (5acres of woods) I watched them throughout the...
My hens eat ALOT of cat food. There is no way around it. I feed the wild cats around the yard and the hens run straight to it every morning. They actually bypass the bread and chicken food and run straight to the cat food! I guess my question is..."Is it ok to eat the eggs? They have only been...
Hi all. I know this is probably the wrong spot to post,as I am notorious for posting in the wrong spot (sorry Mod's). I live in Atlantic county NJ and HAVE to give my chickens away. But to someone who has the room to free range them,with a place to sleep at night (and dear god not eat them). I...
Ok. I finally have the day off to finish my Coop! I've had three cups of coffee,have the day off ,and ready to roll. Now if the sun would just hurry up and come out,I'd be in business! I'm about to bust out the portable lights! BTW, good morning everybody:)
Got my first egg this morn!! I took a pic, but have no clue how to post it..(I'm sure you all know what an egg looks like anyway;) still proud tho...must mean I'm doing something right..Would never have made it without the help of the kind folk's on here ! Thank you all:)
Hi all I was at wallmart the other day and noticed they have these scents like 'Buck lure to draw in the deer(I assume). Well, does anyone know of a scent I can put around my coop/run to keep AWAY predators? Here in NJ the main one's we have are raccoons, possum,skunks and maybe an occasional...
I'm sure this has probably been talked about before, but I just noticed it on my home page..I don't know how to post a link into a thread but if you 'google' "personhood amendment" you will get the jist of it..I was wondering other peoples thoughts about this.fertilized eggs considered a...
Yesterday was halloween?? Geeze, I've got to get out more:old. Since breaking my coller bone, all I do is hang out in the woods/backyard anymore...Is it normal to talk to your chickens,or am I becoming one of them "crazy chicken people?"? oh nooo!!
Do people eat fertilized eggs? I never really gave it much thought,since I really hadn't planned on eating my chickens eggs. I just got them because a neighbor down the way had chickens and they would always come over and I'd feed them some bread or whatever scraps I had. Well, long story short...
Ok,today I was out in the woods collecting acorns (I am a hopeless backwoods forager) and I use them in certain recipes (they go great with some wild mushrooms) I usually boil them with two changes of water to take the bitterness out..Well,when I got back with my pail of acorns my chicks must...
The past couple morning's I've noticed when I let my chick's out in the morning (they all get locked in at night,and free range during the day) Well, the second I let them out and pour the feed in the dishes the rooster(a new hampshire red) start's getting REAL aggressive, knock's over the food...
Hi all:) Ok, I finally have got some time to build my permanent coop. My plan's were to build it 4x4x4' high (since I have enough materials already and really would like to keep my costs down. My question is..Do my six hen's and one rooster REALLY need 3 to 4 sq feet of space since they free...
Hi all:) I was out fishing once (in bare feet) where there where a lot of geese..This older gentlemen came over and told me that "there is a parasite that can enter the bottom of your feet and give you worm's". I figured he was just pulling my leg and never gave it much thought,but this morning...
Hi all:) Does anyone live in N.J.and do any wild edible mushrooming? This is one of my favorite hobbies but I only know of a few that I truly trust and was wondering if anyone know's the names of some edible type's that grow here in south Jersey ? The books never tell what 'state' A particular...
The other day after raking out my chicken pen and loading it into the wheel barrow, my ever curious dog tipped it over b4 I had the chance to get it to the compost pile.It then started raining, so I left it out there. After letting the chicks out this morn (they 'free range' during the day) I...
I consider myself a normal person. (Ok,that was a lie..I'm a weirdo) But I watched a show (and many others about this Myan calender and the end of the world and what not and never gave it much thought..but after watching this show last night called "Brad Meltzer's Decoded" «on the History...