My mother called me up and asked " Do you want 4 ducks and a guinea" kinda a vague question but I answered " free ducks and a guinea, or I pay for them ducks and a guinea?" well turns out that a woman she worked with bought some for Easter and couldn't handle them as they got older so she was...
Well just barley 7 days after Killing my first raccoon, I took out an opossum near my coop. It was a lot easier this time cause I let him out of the trap and then shot him, It felt more natural than shooting a caged animal A little more risky but that is fine with me...
Yesterday afternoon After a very long day I remembered I hadn't checked my trap I had set out in hopes of catching whatever had killed one of my roo's A week previously. It had been 27 hours since I had last checked it but when I came to the place where it had been set IT WAS GONE!!!! Luckily my...
Went to Estes yesterday and Picked up 50 Rhoad Island Reds Pullets Came home and counted one by one as they went into the brooder counted 52 Here they are.
I have read a lot on here about people incubating Refrigerated organic free range eggs from wal-mart and such So I decided to try It out with some farm fresh eggs bought from a local Meninite grocery store. I cracked a few open and they were all fertile Wish me luck.
So exited My father just got home from work out of state he's been gone 3 months now. And When I told him that only 7 out of the 25 Straight run of chicks I bought at the swap meet are pullets, he said he would come by and help me build a brooder then we could go by Estes Hatchery And get...
Well I have been raising chickens and quail for some while now. And I am now looking in to getting Turkeys now. There are some really informative posts here but I am kind of a rush rush person who is looking for it all fast. so here it goes, I am looking for a Breed that is easy to handle not...
The 4th will be day 18 for my courturnix quail eggs. this is my second hatch back-to-back with my last that hatched on the 18 day also. I have high hopes for Lots of fireworks and New babies!!!! Any one else have a hatching date set on the 4th, I'm pretty sure its good luck.
Lets say I owned some Cornish X and they were attacked by some monstrosity in the night. many killed but a few just wounded. lets say I decide to butcher up the wounded ones and eat them. (My knowledge of Rabies and other diseases is limited) if they were infected with some diseases could I...
I know it may be a little out there as far as hobby's go. It must be some sort of genetic defect that makes me like getting hit in the face. Anyhow, been at it for about a year now have yet to fight competitively but still spar 2-3 times a week. I would really suggest this to anyone. there are...
Recently I have been browsing the hatchery online looking for more chickens, I can just not be happy with my small flock of birds I bought out of a cardboard box at a swap meet. But with all the choices of chickens online I am stumped, they all look so good and sound good to. so Instead I...
I have I have always had lot of possums in the area I live in. and I have only started to kill them recently after I got my chickens. but when I get close to them I find it hard to believe they could kill a chicken. Just wondering if anyone has ever had a possum problem?