For those who don't know what happened. My hens were attacked, two killed, two seriously hurt about a month ago.
Lesson #1: People lie. The lady said she'd tie up her dogs after the attack. They came back. I pulled the trigger but my husband had trigger locked the Ruger (sigh) had to throw rocks...
One dead, one carried off, one badly injured, one pretty badly injured (she tried to protect the others), one with minor injuries. About 7 weeks old. Three dogs drug their cage brooder out, tore into it. Looks like back injuries. What do I do? I'm cleaning them as best I can but I'm scared I'll...
The DAY I brought my rooster home my neighbors called the sheriff on us. We are unincorporated but they filed a complaint saying he was disturbing them...the people who have had plott dogs for years in a tiny kennel who howl all the time. Yes. My tiny roo is so terrible...
The deputy came out...
So today at the poultry exchange I saw a little roo that I fell in love with. He appears to be a bantam Pheonix (I'll post a pic in a bit). I drove him home in my box I brought for silkies (none there!!!) and put him promptly in a holding cell (a dog crate that's decked out with feeder, waterer...
Not sure if there's a link buried in here for homesteaders but I figured I'd start this one to talk with some of you guys.
We are new to homesteading. We've always had veggie gardens but never on the scale we are undertaking now. It will be about 3/4 or 2/3 of an acre (haven't measured it out...
My little brown fluff balls are now 5 days old and I really think it's time to name the peepers. I'm 99.9% sure they are females and was thinking Adele (after the woman who developed the breed) and Naomi Campbell. :P Too cliche?
Our first batch of babies are here!!! They are araucanas and I took my time grabbing colors I THOUGHT would morph into something pretty. But I really am clueless on this. I'd like to have a real solid idea when I got to Chicken Palooza to get my silkies at the end of the month.
Anyone have...
Hi there! I joined last month and have been trolling
We are homesteading in Central West Virginia on our little plot of hillside. Silkies and Ameru's are my interest (the prettier the better) but we are also getting into goats. I'm trying to convince the hubby of some peacocks, ducks, and an...