There have been several posts about ants so here is a link we have used to END some ant issues have fun with it and good luck.
http://plantedspace.com/howto/maintain/item/37-organic-ant-control-with-baking-soda
Thats my question. Today we heard our goats make a not normal cry and went to look. All we found was a small pile of feathers on the ground and no chicken.
So I want to know if a hawk can fly with a full grown hen in tow? I checked for tracks in case it was something else and only found what...
They are 7 weeks old and mostly feathered. Some are still missing some back feathers, but otherwise fully feathered. I have a place for them out of the weather(old dog crate). Is it safe to leave them out? If I must I could run a ceramic heat lamp out to them,but it is NOT rated for outside.
can anyone post a pic of a cuckoo marin at the 6 weekish pls. I have an order this year to get some new layers in my flock so I got 10 barred rock hens and then a 15 bird grab from McMurray I have one chick that looks like a barred, but is much more white than the other barreds. If I could find...
I am wondering. We took in a couple of what turned out to be Roos from a neighbor, but they appeared to be 12-14 weeks at least when we got them 6 weeks ago. One of them just started crowing yesterday.
Its fine we needed the boys, but at what point can you tell boy or girl? Were they way...
Hey this usually isnt a problem for me, but with it being cold(I live in Pa). What is the soonest you all think I can get away with putting them outside. The nights are around freezing and we dont heat the coops. the oldest chicks are about 6 weeks, the youngest about 3. I ask because they are...
Ok I am about to build a 8'x16' coop i guess is the word. They will sleep, lay, and have thier food and water in this. I will have close to 60 birds in here. They only use this to sleep and lay mostly as they free range through out the day. Is this big enough?
Ok so we just hatched our first batch of eggs.(It went fairly well BTW;)) I noticed that my kids would come in every day and ask if we had any new "SLIMEYS" We did a staggerd hatch so they did this for a week. I now call the new hatchers slimeys as well. I think we all should start this trend
I just had a chick hatch out and he looks like his guts are comin out through what would be his belly button. No one else had the happen. Will he be ok or is this a cull? I will try for a pic in a sec.
This is not about chickens..... It is about waterfowel.<----sp?
We HAD 6 Pekin and 1 each chinese white,brown and pilgim geese.
HAD being the operitve word on sunday Sept 25 I discovered most of them had been killed. a duck and MY pilgrim were still alive but had to be put down
After talking...
OK so I crossbred what we think to be an Americauna Roo and a Turken Hen(among other crosses). One of my new chicks looks tottally naked. It is still wet. Do turken babies look naked at hatch? Or do I have a malformed baby? It cant help that this guy has light yellow feathers where he does have...
So the little guys made it through the night(was the back sleeper). Now in the light of day I see he sits with his legs in front of him and he is right on his butt. Kinda like if we sere to sit on the ground. He still seems ok just he doesnt seem to get up and walk around. everyone else is...
Hi all, my wife visits here frequently, but I am new. We have had chickens for years, but this is our first set of incubated babies. My question is.....
I have a chick that I had to manually hatch(BIG). He is a bit wobbly,NBD, but he seems to like to be on his back. Can he sleep this way or am...