Can anybody steer me to a Jersey giant breeder I am looking for a new boy to replace my last guy that got taken by a bear we miss him "BIG DADDY" was so gentle and an excellent guardian of his girls
I have a red and white husky that needs a good home due to my relocation. He is about 7 years old and 75 lbs excellent personality excellent with children other dogs and cats too has all shots and neutered Please help me re home him I am in sussex county NJ thanks
Mine seem to demand about 2 cans a day and about 6 of 50 gather around and seem to be the drunks. They hear the cans a poppin and come running. Does anybody have this situation? They dont act drunk but sure do like suckin up the suds . Just wondering. hey I have no problem with this as I am...
here is an actuator that would work I ordered one but you will need a little bit of electric and fabricating ability to make it work and still be cheaper than the euro door opener a DPDT relay and a lamp timer would do the trick 70 bucks for the actuator here's the link...
I have 2 hens broody, one is about to hatch 6/2 and other went broody yesterday. I seperated the first one from the flock to her own coop. Do you think I could put the second one in the same coop to do her mama thing with the first one or would there be a conflict between them? caging the coop...
Heres some pics of my new coops hope they help everyone with some ideas. I fenced in about 1/2 acre of woods and built these right in the middle. These were going to be for turkeys and chickens but one broody hen adopted the new digs to have babies so no turkeys for now. Still not finished but...
I have a hen that is broody and sitting for about 4-5 days now I just received an order of day old chicks 15 left now 1 week ago what if I was to introduce her to these new chicks and not let her hatch her own eggs would she take over as mama This is her first time broody (mine too) she is 13...
I just order 25 from M&M and are half layers and half meat birds. I dont think I will be able to tell them apart when they come in the box at what age should I seperate them and at about what age should I intergrate the layersw into the rest of my flock?
Would anyone have a recommendation for a gardening sight that is of the caliber of this sight figured someone here would know since i think most people do both thanks:/
Is this a wise or common procedure to house and range these 2 types together and just eliminate the meats when the time comes? Or should they be seperate?
I thought this was a hen but now I am thinking different not crowing or anything to show me so but I just got a feeeling after comparing to all the other "girls" all are 7 months+ old what do you think?
I have just introduce a rooster to my 20 or so hens that have been raised without a man they are about 7 months old. Ever since I brought in a 2 YO rooster. He pretty much stays inside the coop. I have about 5 of the hens that constantly go into the coop and roll aroud and dust themselves like...
I have 5 Polish Girls mabye 6 I would like to give to someone 2 of them are getting picked on a bit they are not bald but I think it could happen I'm not sure its from other chickens ar just getting wet I just dont have the time to care for them and I really dont want to eat them they are so...
How soon should eggs be refrigerated after laying? And how long will they stay without refrigerating? Curious as to how this may effect them for hard boiling and problem with shell removal. I have read that fresh eggs do not peel well is this true?
My girls just started laying I have had about 2 dozen in the last 2 weeks. all of them are the green/blue ones and first brown one today. I noticed when cracking them they are extremely hard shell. They have laying pellets all the time and oyster shell all the time. i think this is great but is...
I have done a search and have read till my eyes bleed but I still want another opinion. What are the best meat birds to raise I currently have 25 egg birds. I have set up another coop and run and want to do some meat birds to speak stock my freezer. What is everyone opinion on the best type of...