I have a question for you all. There is a seller local to me that sells goose eggs. I told her I wanted to get some from her, but it would have to be next week. She told me that she had 4 ready to go, but I responded that I was busy this weekend. I told her to go ahead and sell those and I'd...
After coming back to this site from a long hiatus of chicken ownership, I am trying to find information about rotating a garden with chickens. My intent is to make a 1 acre fenced chicken run that is divided down the middle. Chickens can be run on one half while the other half is planted out...
I was just wondering if anyone has attempted to make a cross like this. People are ALWAYS looking for silkie pullets, and this would be one way to guarantee sex upon hatching. Now I know that the offspring would not be a standard color, but for us cityfolk who can't have roosters this would be...
I am trying to muddle through all of this jargon to determine how illegal it would be for me to get chickens. The local ordinances say that you cannot keep fowl within 100 feet of an occupied building, but this is for land zoned for agriculture. Our house is actually a single family dwelling...