Ok, the 8,000 animals have turned half of my backyard indy a wasteland. What can I plant? It's fall. There are goats and every manner of poultry. What can they eat that I can seed? I know I'll have to water it and convert but but it's gross and alllll the poo and dirt keep coming in the...
Ok, we got our first coop! We have 6 silkies. Right now I BELIEVE that three are roos and three are hens. We're gonna need some more ladies! I'm really wanting to just focus on having one or two breeds of chicken. We have small chickens cuz we have small people around here and silkies... docile...
OK, we have LOTS of quail but I wanna get some ducks! I've been looking at duck-keeping arrangements for WEEKS! PLease hit me up with your best ideas that a girl with a drill can put together!! Pen plus dog coop? Prefab chicken coop??
Sooo my rosetta quail are pretty dirty-looking. I am SO not beyond giving them a bath if I have to, but I also don't want to terrorize the poor little guys. Their plumage looks dull. I feed them a high-quality feed and they LOVE to dust-bath in their sand baths. How can I shine these guys up?
So I have three celadon females and three males. They are about 10/11 weeks old. Only one female is laying! Brownie is super like... Super-Broody-Fat-and-Cutie. She just LOOKS like a mama. She's the only one laying. She's with another male and female. (The male, Fudge, is SUPER sweet but only...
Hatching newbie here... please give me your best advice for a first-timer! I know I gotta set up the incubator a day or two in advance. It's soooo confusing with the humidity... I bought a device to measure the temp and humidity inside the incubator. The eggs are arriving tomorrow or Saturday...