My husband found out that he has a new job. That means we will have to move, and in so doing, will have to sell all our livestock. It's a bittersweet situation.....blessings and curses.
So I have spent the last week posting ads for our beloved birds and selling them to the best homes I can...
The picture shows an example of what was on all the feet of the week-old chicks I recently purchased. I noticed it when I got them home, tried to pick it off, but it was as hard as concrete. I wondered if it could be a parasite of some kind. I searched the internet in vain.....no pictures of...
Hello all you fellow poultry lovers! I finally did it!!! I finally took the plunge a week and a half ago. I was in Rural King (we live in Central IL), saw the chicks and ducklings as I do every year, and I bought 6 Araucanas pullets and 3 Pekin ducks. Never mind that I have nowhere outside...
Hi all:
Use it up, Wear it out, Make do or Do without! Keeping that in mind, here's my idea for a 'thrifty chicken coop'.
Using concrete blocks I would form walls on 3 sides to raise the coop 4' off the ground. I would put a floor of 1/4" or 1/2" welded wire down on top of the concrete...