ahh so tomorrow my Dad is coming to help me build a fence for my miniature donkeys. Right now they are at mom and dad's which has been a pain because of my oh so wonderful sister. aghh So here is hopeing everything goes painlessly. I feel guilty asking for dad's help but I can't do it by...
Oh boy now I don't know if I'm ready for this. Yikes getting nervous. I think I have everything except wood chips. Oh man I hope I can do this. I've never done this before. Help. If they aren't being shipped do I need to give them electrolytes.
My three year old asked me "do all chickens lay eggs for us to eat" I say yes all chickens lay eggs. She says mom roosters don't lay eggs. Roosters wake people up in the morning. What a kid. We don't even have chickens yet.
Hubby has the bottom floor sheeted in now we just have to set the trusses on the loft. Is going to be one wicked coop. Little over kill for 8 babies or so but will be great. The coop is 12x12 split down the middle with a loft. Should be great. Bigger then I had planned but now the chickens...
I'm going to get a couple of potbelly pigs, our feed store doesn't carry pb food so what do I feed them. The lady I'm getting them from feeds them crushed barley soaked and some table scraps. My mil feeds hers all scraps but hers is way fat so I'm not into that.
My mother inlaw got two rabbits before christmas. Were supposed to be the same gender. Surprise. She now has four baby bunnies. So my daughter is going to get two of the babies. So I'm trying to learn what all I need to know before we get these little bunnies. I know they will be going to...
I'm curious everything I've read so far says ch icks have to be introduced slowly and carefully to a flock. My question is what happens if a broody h e n hatches e g gs. how do they manage to keep the other flock members from trying to kill the babies. Do you take mother and babies out of the...
I'm just wondering if a potbelly pig and chickens could share a house. Seperate rooms but one building. My MIL told me that the chickens would give the pig a lice and that they can't live together. I don't really now wether to believe her or not. I've also heard that the pig will eat the...
Has anyone ever had a dog with lick atrophy? My black lab has it or does it and it is so gross. Basically she licks and lick her legs until she has a sore and then she keeps licking and licking. I've covered the sore, put bitter apple on her around the sore but she still licks and licks...
I have a three year old daughter who runs my life. I plan on getting rir or isa brown chicks but she wants white chickens not brown . So my question is which chickens are white and cold hardy, not flighty and decent layers. I figure I can humor her seeing as I want to get chickens so that she...
I'm just wondering how high a run fence has to be to keep chickens in? would four-five feet do it. Does it have to have a roof? I don't have to worry much about climbing or flying predators at least I hope I don't My plan is to do the garden coop I saw on one of the other topics so a roof...
Hi I haven't gotten any chickens yet still at the researching and convincing stage. I'm planning on getting a few rir or Isa Browns. If I can find somewhere that will sell me 5-8. So far not much luck.
Hi I'm looking to get a few rir chicks but not 25. So I was wondering if anyone knows of somewhere that has a lower min or if someone is willing to sell me 5-8 chicks. Thank you