We threw some old plants including brussel sprouts and cauliflower from the garden into the pasture not knowing at the time that donkeys should not eat brussel sprouts
She would not eat her dinner or even take a treat tonight
Normally she is very vocal and cant wait to get her dinner
I heard that with chickens they taste better if you cook them right after processing than waiting 3 days to cook them
Is it the same with turkeys?
This is our first turkey we are eating from the farm ( a narragansett tom)
And my wife found it hard to eat one of the extra chickens I slaughtered...
I have been routinely worming my peafowl and chickens in the spring and fall
Added turkeys this year and would like to know what your thoughts are about worming them
I use safeguard for goats
This was our first time and my wife was crying so bad she couldn't see or hold the kid steady
Was a lot easier on the goat then us
but does this look good or do I need to redo it
Mine broke so took all the parts out to use in the future
but need something set up so we have some eggs hatching when our niece visits with her kids
I was going to just run the heater to an external controller
All I could find is that some are stubborn and will take a few months
But this seems really long
Also what type is he
His train has a peach like color to it
Thanks
1. Would tilting or rolling be better for peafowl and guineas (I assumed rolling but can still change)
2. I ordered this motor off eBay better recommendation? or should I hand turn? (I read somewhere bump turning was best for peafowl)...
Incubator arrived yesterday(Janoel12) and so did 2 digital temp/humidity gauges (acurite 01083 & 02097)
Put it together and let it run for a few hours and they all read different was a 5 deg C difference in the readings so I put the lead in from a F pid controller that was low so put in a...
What do you use
Epsom salts
Sugar (should I get embalming fluid to make Sheather's solution)
Zinc sulfate
buy premixed
I mixed some Epsom salts until it wouldn't dissolve any more
But wondering what works best
Didn't see anything about an expiration date but a gallon of premixed is $26...
Our new house came with chickens and the 8'x8' coop is hard to keep clean
This is how I am thinking about remolding it to make my life easier
Going to lower everything and not have anything over 24" and put a few short 12" to 16"
roosts on the studs for the hens that want there own roosting...
I am curious about what breed our rooster is?
My wife won him at an auction while I was going to the bathroom and all she could remember is he was a blue something
I think with his eyebrows that he is probably a blue australorp
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Also he feels skinny to to me is he a skinny breed or what #...
Johnny our rooster was fine on Tuesday night 11/28
but on Wednesday morning he was not out in the run like usual waiting to get the fermented feed that he loves to eat for breakfast he didn't even come out when I fed the hens so opened up the coop and he did come out and ate just a little bit...
Saw 1 chick this peek out from under her this morning she was sitting on 4 eggs
How long should I wait to check the nest?
For chick feed would a mixture of 24% chick starter (non medicated) mixed with game bird crumbles work? Or should I get medicated?
I also used some to try to make fermented...
We got a 5 year old peacock about 4 months ago he was free ranged at his previous home.
Then about 3 months ago got a 2 year old peahen so we could let him free range.
She was hatched in an incubator and lived in a coop.
And is sitting on 4 eggs now that should be hatching soon
Funny thing is...
Our peahen laid her first egg yesterday and a black racer tried to eat it
It had about 90% of the egg in its mouth
The egg is still intact but worried about the protective membrane
Or would it be better to remove the egg even if it is still viable?
The peafowl are still living in there coop and...
Recently moved down south with our corgi and bought a hobby farm that came with a half a horse, a goat and 5 chickens
We added another road island red and a blue something roster ( My wife got him And couldn't remember what the something was)
a female goat for the male that came with the place...