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  1. K

    Harvesting

    well..last night reached +1 degree c..had a couple of frosty nights and even though i covered my plants they were still affected..so tonight hubby and i harvested 1 row of red potatoes..3 tomatoe plants and 1 tiny tim..still covering the peppers..they are so slow to grow but still i have my...
  2. K

    Freedom..day 3

    Well today marks day 3 that mama and babies have been free ranging the property 😀 at first I was nervous but mama is very good at her job and I no longer worry lol not even about the cats that like to follow and pretend to sleep/rest in the sun near the babies. They are growing stronger everyday...
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    Feeding

    Good morning all my BYC friends. I hope everyone is staying hydrated and cool. I would like to know just how much chick starter food I should be feeding mama and her babies (around 10 days old). Everytime I go to the nursery (lol and thats very often theyre so irresistable)she and babies all run...
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    New Mama

    So my missing hen came back last week with 13 lovely fluffy sweet new additions. This is new to me as I was gifted 11 full grown chickens. Mama and babies are in a seperate nursery, the fencing is spaced so she and they can watch..hear and talk to the rest of the flock but no one can get out or...
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    SHE'S BACK!!

    ohhh Im sooo pleased all my friends here on BYC told me to watch the calender when 1 of my hens went missing. 😁😁😁 Today she came back with 13!!! little chicks..hahaha well the more the merrier i guess Im so happy right now. Umm what should I feed the little ones...how can I intergrate them into...
  6. K

    Canada

    Any BYC friends in or around Northern Ontario Canada?
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    Potatoe bugs

    Today in the garden I noticed some potatoe bugs so because the garden is fenced Im letting the Tweedles be my natural pest control. Keeps them safe from being beaten up and lets them "spread" theyre wings. Win Win to me 😀😀
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    Garden Progress

    Hello my BYC friends. Been a busy week for me. Did some dog sitting..some fishing...some blueberry picking..as well as water collection...watering and weeding Ive been watching everything take off in the garden..the peppers are rocking..no flowers yet..cucumbers have started to flower....the...
  9. K

    Agressive and mean Rooster

    Please help.. My rooster is constanly trying to attack me..Friday he managed to spur me on the right shin. Today I went and gave them some leftovers and as soon as I turned my back he charged me. I did read a thread about how to handle a mean rooster and even though I walk proud..I carry a...
  10. K

    first time silkies laid eggs

    Hello everyone..well to my surprise my girls(the silkies) have started laying..after a month of new ownership they produced 4 egg as of last Thursday..this morning I go and open the coop..they had moved one of the eggs to the other side of the house and laid another in the same place...later...
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    what I did in the garden today...

    well actully yesterday..weeded and went with hubby to collect water from the lake..temp hit 36 degrees celcius..like 98f..way too hot and inhumane to be outside..gave the girls fresh cold water and some frozen berries to help beat the heat..watered at dusk..feeling the heat already at 730am in...
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    hatching egg..already in fridge

    Good Morning all my BYC friends..so on Tuesday one of my Tweedles(silkies) laid an egg..I collected it and put it in the fridge..Thursday to my surprise I found another Tweedle egg..I left it in the coop..marked it and the one I took from the fridge from Tuesday..The Tweedles are seperate from...
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    Gardening in this heat9

    Good day everyone! 😉 well today was sooo hot 34 degrees celcius..something like 92-95 degees f..I cleaned the chicken coop of scat..collected 6 good eggs from the Australorps AND 1st time ever since Ive had the "tweedles" (my showgirl silkies) collected 1!!! egg 😃 I added alittle fresh saw dust...
  14. K

    egg shells or not

    Good morning I have heard I could add cooked and crumbled egg shells to my flocks diet as a calcium add. Is this a good idea? Thanks for any advise
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    Tonights treat

    Well after a super hot day..tonights treat is frozen blueberries
  16. K

    update

    Good Morning all my BYC friends 🐣 When I opened the coops this morning all was well 😊 with my babies..gave them some scrambled eggs with their feed and some cold fresh water(gets warm thru the day..but its always.fresh and cold first thing). No sign of any shell-less eggs AND even the rooster...
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    hen eating egg with thin shell when coop opened this morning

    Good Morning my BYC friends. Im not sure how to thread this so I will just ask. This morning I opened the coop for my Australorps at 5:15am as usual. All but 1 hen left the coop and I didnt think anything of it. I started spreading theyre feed for them and went to rake up lastnights scat and...
  18. K

    1st time proud chicken mama

    First pictures of my girls 😁
  19. K

    Missing 1 hen

    ok..so my neighbour didnt want they're chickens anymore..I was trying to hatch some eggs from them but I wasnt lucky..I became mama to 9 Australorpes and 2 showgirl silkies..the Australorps picked on the "TWEEDLES" so my husband and I made them their own coop and run they seem to be alittle...
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