Thanks for taking time to field my questions.
We have 3 Nigerian Dwarf wethers all about a year old. After a few mistakes in the beginning, we thought we were on the right track,,, wrong! Apparently, due to too much Alfalfa, Yoda developed urinary calculi and had to be rushed to the vet for a...
First off, I'm not a peafowl owner, (girlfriend has 10 hens) so pretty much I do like birds. I'm an OTR trucker and am all over the country. One place I try to stop at is at Dunnigan,Ca., a real small "town" with a giant grain facility. Good safe/quiet place to sleep.
One evening I heard what...
We lost 9 adolescents early on by letting them free range too soon so some protection was in order. I had this 1 1/2" pvc leftover from another project, got the appropiate fittings and cut and glued this frame together. It's covered in 1/2" hardware cloth and attached with zip ties.I left enough...
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My GF has no internet @ the house where the chickens are or she would post. Her 7 mos. RIR's are starting to lay! She called me on the phone, I was in Az. (see profile) she was giddy as a school girl. Her dream is starting to come true.The eggs were a...
We have 4 RIRs about 7 months old that we let free range during the day. Have we been lulled into a false sense of security from ground predators since the girls have developed "flight"? Our place is right along 8 acres of woods and have suffered some losses of peeps already when they were...
Hello everyone.
I was "city" raised and had never given chickens a thought. That changed in Feb.'12 when my girlfriend decided to start "farming", she has a small garden now that's producing and in Feb. she got 6 RIRs. We moved into our place last Aug. and converted a goat barn into a coop along...