I just found these little rubber arrow heads and wanted to pass the info on to the forum. They are a very soft rubber , designed for small game hunting. They use the impact energy of the arrow to kill small game, they are devastating on squirrels. I was thinking, they may be a more humane method...
Hello all. I don't want to buy chicks , raise them to maturity , slaughter and freeze them, then start all over again. It seems I'm going to need one coop for breeding stock, ( hens and a rooster), another coop for egg laying( hens, no rooster,) and a third coop for all the male chicks hatched...
I was hoping there would be a "general discussion" area, but I didn't see one. Forgive me for asking a stupid question. Can someone explain what a "pullet" and a "cockerel" is. I think it has something to do with the age of a chicken,but I'm not sure. Thank you in advance, MiF
I have field dressed deer, turkey, goose, squirrel , rabbits, ect. but I have never processed a chicken. I was wondering if it would be easier to skin a chicken to get rid of the feathers? MiF
A couple of nights ago, I had set a live trap to catch a feral cat that comes about causing trouble. I set the trap ,baiting it with tuna fish and placed cut palmetto fronds all about the cage. I went back in a few hours and there was a large raccoon in the cage! He was spitting mad too! He had...
Greetings, salutations, ect., ect., Ad Infinitum ! I just found the site. I have three wooded acres in North Central Florida. I have no chickens , as of yet. In fact, I have nothing set up at all . I am interested in learning about raising chickens though. I have learned a little about the...