I know there are thousands of these angel wing threads, but I am a newbie to waterfowl so please forgive...
Goslings are 33 days old at this point. Fed a diet of Mazuri Waterfowl Starter since arrival, supplemented with greens and allowed out to graze a few hours each day. One is developing...
My pics are LATE...but everything is LATE in my life right now. Lol. Lots of things to do and not enough time!
My brother took sympathy on my goslings being forced to live in a house of my making...so he took over, built them a house in his shop, loaded it on a trailer and brought it...
COMPLETELY new to geese and expecting four Brown Chinese goslings from Holderread's next month. Yay!
Working on the design for their adulthood house. Everything I read just states that "ample headroom" is needed, but doesn't explain what constitutes "ample." 24 inches? 36 inches? 48 inches...
I ordered 8 Amers chicks from Ahappychick back in February. 4 grew up to be pullets and 4 grew up to be roos
I sadly am going to have to re-home 3 of the roos. I want them to go to good homes and preferably be used in breeding rather than Sunday dinner. After weeks of agonizing over which...
I have a batch of 16 day old Ameraucana chicks in the guest bathroom and they are some seriously stinky chicks! I find myself having to clean out and replace all the pine shavings daily. I never had this problem with my Favs last year, and I don't know what I am doing wrong. The Amers are even...
Several months ago I remember seeing someone's pictures here at BYC of their covered dustbath...it was round and looked like a little dog-house-sized hut. But now I can't find that thread, I've searched for the past 3 days. Does anyone know where these pics are located? Or do you have any pics...
You guys amaze me sometimes. You can glance at a photo and tell if it is an Ameraucana or an EE, but I am over here with my magnifying glass out and STILL can't tell the difference.
How do you tell the difference? Or will you have to kill me if you tell me?
This may be the wrong section for this question, but here goes...
My 8 month old EE lays beautiful green eggs but they are sticky for up to 48 hours after she lays them. Straw or shavings in the nestboxes sticks to the eggs like they've been superglued. Some days the eggs are stickier than...
Have you seen the new "Rare Marans Collection" at MPC? SWEET!!!
Wait a minute. Why am I telling BYCers about it??? You guys will just beat me to the punch and I'll end up Rare-Maranless this year. FORGET I mentioned it! You heard NOTHING
On a sad note one of my beloved Salmon Faverolles pullets passed away early this morning. Sigh...its rough losing one when you try so hard to save them, but the symptoms are so vague that they don't point to any one particular treatment.
On a happier note, my two Salmon Faverolles roosters...
I have a 20 week old Salmon Faverolles pullet that is really sick and I need advice.
-Two weeks ago, I noticed that she was always lagging behind the rest of the flock. I didn't think much of it at the time because Favs aren't exactly built for speed.
- Four days ago she went completely...
I have embarked on raising my own mealworms for chicken treats. Prices have gotten to high!
Does anyone have suggestions on sifting the mealworms and beetles from the spent bedding and castings? I've tried the sieves from the kitchen department and the mesh is so fine, that it clogs easily &...
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You know those mulitple forwarded emails that crowd your inbox and drive you insane weeding through them to find the important stuff? Well every 23,376 FW: emails, you will find one that is actually worth reading & I believe the email below is my favorite so far of these rare gems in the FW...
That really made me look twice!!
But what I want to know is: How deep do you plant Brahma eggs? I have apparently been planting mine too deep.
Thank you chickenonthehill for sharing that with us....I needed a laugh on this cold Monday!
Pic Of The Week 11/01/09
I am expanding my chickens' run and there are two pecan trees at the back of the property near the new fence's end. I have heard of raccoons being able to "jump" from tree trunks in order to gain height necessary to make it over high fences. How far should I keep the fence from the trees to...
I am renovating an existing storage building into a bigger, better coop and I am trying to figure out the best covering for the interior walls to make it easy to clean. I have pondered everything from painted OSB, to tileboard, to OSB covered with inexpensive linoleum.
Any suggestions?
Has anyone used the supplement Avia Charge 2000 ? Any success stories? Failure stories?
My chickens really seem to like the taste and drink more than normal...which is odd, when it turned the water black I assumed they wouldn't touch it. I am not using it for any particular purpose, other than...
Finally! Apparently UPS felt the need to give it an extended stay in their Kansas City depot. But it is here!!
I ordered from http://chickencoopdoor.com/
Front view with cover on....box with screws and instructions are lying on the floor in front of it...
Front view without cover...
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