My cornish crosses have two weeks left, but we're supposed to get below freeing this weekend. They're in a low tractor with solid roof, but wire sides. Will they make it, or should I butcher them early? Please respond if you have experience keeping them outdoors in low temps... Thanks
I'm also having a terrible time with my broilers from Hoover this year. I've never had any bird ever arrive dead, until this year. They had included 3 over the 75 I ordered, but 3 were dead on arrival. Since I got them (5 days) I have 1 or 2 dead every day - except for the one day I had 6...
Hi. Do you still have the Mallards? I've never had a duck breed that can fly, neither my pen nor pond have a top cover... do you think they'll stay put, or am I not the right home for these guys?
I've read the books and I know what the typical recommendation is...not looking for that. What I'm looking for is some real world experience/observations that will help me out.
Despite the best planning, I've ended up with 11 ducklings in the brooder still and my 50 broiler chicks are coming...
My baby geese (hatched 6/4 growing inside house in brooder) keep calling out. Is there some "momma goose" sound I can make back to them that they'll find comforting? I pick them up occasionally and let them cuddle and rest, but I want to be able to "talk back" to them too. OK, that sounds...
Hi. I have never owned geese. I decided to get some to help alert me to predators in the yard and figured I would buy goslings and raise them up. In my search for local goslings, I found a craigslist add from a kind soul who has been feeding a small flock of Toulouse - at least they look like...
Hi. Please send a picture to [email protected]. Have 10 laying ladies who need a new man in their life. very rural, secure coop, daily free range, large farm in rural northwest ct.
~Traci