My farm is being threatened by a landfill, thanks to some unethical -- and possibly illegal -- actions by our local commissioners. The landfill will be right on top of the aquifer that supplies water to my farm. This is environmental racism at it's worst... please help me fight the landfill by...
Hyacinth, one of my Cuckoo Marans has always been very thin... she eats like a horse. She literally consumes as much as three chickens -- she is ALWAYS hungry. Today she has started to poo stones of all shape and colors -- these are stones from outside, not organic internally created stones...
Hi folks,
Crazy K Farm Pet and Poultry Products, the manufacturer of the Hen Saver, is entered in the Leading Moms in Business Contest http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-2010/contestant/7613/index.php and needs your vote. I hope the story behind the company resonates with you and that...
For those we are unaware... (for live links to all of the below: http://www.crazykfarm.com/MuscovyDucks.html)
As of March 31st, 2010, ownership, hatching and breeding of Muscovy
ducks became illegal with the passing of CFR 21.54 by the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
WHAT IS CFR 21.54...
Lucky, a female goose that we have, is sitting on eggs in one of the chicken coops. Like all female geese, she is constantly using her bill to put leaves, shavings, etc., on her back. Today we watched a leghorn hen, standing about two feet away from Lucky, watching Lucky intently. We sat there...
We have to re-home our 2 1/2 year old Anatolian Shepard chicken guardian because she will not tolerate our other female LGD. She is purebred, fixed, fully vetted, and fully trained to guard chickens -- she sleeps with the chickens in the coop at night. She will chase ducks and geese, however, so...
I have shipped about 200 dozen eggs through the US Postal Service. I print labels that state "hatching eggs" "do not drop or jar" and "this way up." I have never had a problem until now. I shipped 6 boxes (10 dozen eggs) via Priority Mail on the morning of 02/09/2009 to customers in a variety of...
Did my hen have a stroke? What is wrong with her?
My 1 year old white Orpington hen was attacked by a dog and her wing broken. We took her to the vet, where she spent the night. She had her wing wrapped and was put on Baytril for the bite wounds and Meloxicam for pain. We give her these twice...
Does the color red deter hawks?
A customer just called me to ask me if the color red deter hawks. Says the lady he buys Silkies from swears by it... I've never heard of such a thing. I will say that I had a red scarecrow up for a while and the hawk didn't seem to be too afraid....
Yesterday, one of our roos was walking like he was in pain -- very delicately putting his feet down, resting between steps, etc. I picked him up to take a look and found that the feathers around his vent were thickly caked with mite eggs. His skin was raw, red and bleeding and there were mites...
Hi Everyone,
I have a nice stock of hen saver hen aprons available in both single and double strap, with or without shoulder protectors. The patent-pending design has three strong layers of fabric so they last a very, very long time (Lucy has been wearing hers 24/7 for five months rain or shine...
My beautiful 8 month old Silver Laced Wyandotte did not come out of the coop this morning. I enticed her off the perch with raw egg yolk but when she tried to eat it she made a barking sound -- a single-syllable hiccup. I put her in a playpen with food and water and she periodically makes this...
If anyone is interested, please check these out:
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I have a Golden Pheasant that was a cruelty seizure that the SPCA placed with me several months ago. He lives in a 10 X 10 X 15 (high) aviary shared with three little Silkies. They seem to coexist and I have never seen any one pecking him. He gets game bird food along with kitchen scraps that he...
I have two 14 week old white bearded Silkie roosters, $10 each. Pick up from Hemptead Texas is free, but I will ship if you pay for box and express shipping. e-mail if interested:
[email protected]
I need a new high quality breeding pair... I just purchased a gorgeous rooster (flufnstuff stock) and am now looking for a very nice hen. If you have what I'm looking for, shoot me an e-mail with pix at [email protected]. If you are outside Texas, I can send you a box for shipping.
These two I was told were a rare something or other (although one looks like a cross:
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This guy was hatched from what was suppoesed to be a frizzle egg(?!)...