I want to make indoor out door quail coop like this but 6 high. But I want to expand the back of drawer or add a box or something to add talent 1sqft two would be best so I cab house a trio in each. What free or dirt cheep ways could I go about this. I have a large grow out pin but I want to...
I have a source of barley from a local distillery I read it should be 24% protein. I may use this is as a base for feeding my quail what else should I supplement with iT? I want the cheapest but good quality I can. I am on a shoe string here. I want to do fodder too China seed and beans lentils...
My friend is getting me a incubator will be her Saturday. She will order 12 muscovy eggs breed of her choosing. I have read the article her incubating and hatching muscovys. I will read it every night tell my eggs come. I am looking up everything I can. Incubator has no auto turner I am not...
I am looking for the most respectful way to cull ducks. I about to Incubate some eggs. And well frankly I don't want to scare them before death. This is very important. I don't want to kill them but I want my food to have a real life. And to feel loved tell the moment they are needed. This is a...
I have a friend who is going to invest in my micro urban farm. Starting with moscovies. I am having a hard time finding out details like what to feed them and minimal space requirements. I have a good size back yard and will partially free range. I want to hatch from eggs and I want to keep a...
Before electricity and pellets and commercial products of all sorts, how do you think people raised chickens? From egg to hen/cock.if you don't know tell how you imagine they did it.
At some point today or tomorrow i am taking in some chickens and one pekin female duck. It may be a few days or few months telk my friends are back on there feet. So i know about chickens but little about ducks. She has a little pond and eats chicken feed and lots of kitchen goods but what about...
Hey i know we don't all agree but i have my reasons for not wanting to by commercial feed. It is a life style choice i am working on. I will be growing fodder and meal worms possiblely duckweed (if i find it ) and one day black soilder flys. But i don't know when these items will be ready. I...
I have searched the thread and read several post didn't find what i was looking for. I am fostering chickens for a unknown amount of time. In trade there giving anything i need for making a incubator and brooder. Now all i need to know is how do i save up eggs or is it best to just add new eggs...
Hello this is the first real year i am starting my backyard homestead. I have been around and worked with live stock off and on most my younder years. We spent 3 years co raising chickens for my old neighbors. I did most the work. Miss it so. In a day or two i am fostering a duck, a rooster, and...