http://www.wfsb.com/story/22907602/speaker-wants-to-review-conn-self-defense-laws
HARTFORD, CT (AP) -
House Speaker Brendan Sharkey wants to take a closer look at the state's existing self-defense laws to make sure that a situation like the deadly shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin...
I have 2 geese one gander and the other I'm not sure about.
The geese are 17 weeks old the one has a larger knob is physically bigger and a gander because i sexed it. Yet he is friendly and will try to preen your clothes and hair when you go out and will let you pet him.
The other goose is a...
Today my geese and drake thought it would be a good idea to mate with my jersey giant hen and she died from shock after being held down by geese and raped by a drake.
and also while i was putting them away tonight they attempted to kill another hen. what is the best why to deal with my little...
Whats wrong with my duck this morning he was fine, now he is walking around and cant keep his head and wings up some times. all my other birds are fine and havent ate or drank anything different. But this one is acting stupid as if it had a few beers.
Is there a way to tame a rooster before he gets cocky?. I dont know if its aggression or showing off but it stands it's ground and puffs up if i move my foot near him or try to shoo him into it's coop, at a month old its to young to be hormones but is there a way to put him in this place while...
One of my week old goslings likes to spend allot of time nibbling on the hand that feeds her and keeps wanting to chew on my figures if given a chance. sure its cute now, but is there a way to teach it biting is not a polite way to ask for food or attention. so it doesn't grow up thinking...
I know the black on is a production pullet and the buff one is a orpington, so what is the little slate one.
It is from a TSC that gets chicks from ideal hatchery. the small one is a bantam with a single comb, clean legs, the back is a rusty color.
It has alot of slate on it and some...
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/duck-fathers-chicken-offering-hope-extinct-species.html#mkcpgn=fbsci1
A duck has fathered a chicken -- seriously. Scientists from Dubai's Central Veterinary Research Laboratory say they have succeeded in using one species to produce another, a new...
Is there a safe way to introduces 1 day old chicks from a TSC to six 1 year old hens? I don't mean put them in a cage together i mean like let adults out and see you have babies so they can see there are new chickens in their yard, and then let them sleep together when they feather out.
will...
hmm what attacks in the middle of the day, takes more then 30 seconds to kill a chicken, leaves a feather trail and if a big enough of a threat to annoy 12 crows.
I seen 12 crows chasing a red tail hawk out of the yard and my chickens were all hiding but the must damage it did was leave a a...
i have a 7 chickens 4, 18 week olds and 3, i think 8- 10 week olds.
the rooster is a silver laced wyandotte, the rooster is starting to breed the hens but they seem to want nothing to do with him, some times hes nice and will do a half assed dance but mostly he likes running them down. the...
What does it mean? Sometimes when i go to feed them one will stand up tall and flap there wings then run away for about 10 feet. I think it as something to do with them being surprised the lowest ranking female and rooster seem to do it the must.
how do you dispose of a varmint like a fox, coon or opossum with out making a scene. every time i kill something with in 3 days i will have every black and turkey vulture within a 5 mile radius in my yard. i like that they clean up but having 20 vultures in your yard plus another 40 flying...
i have some 4 week old chicks that i put in a coop at night. I leave them in for a few hours in the morning so they get the hint that the coop is their new home.
so how do i teach then to go in at night because pretty soon they are going to be to big to herd all 6 in a small animal cage and...
my neighbor had a red jungle fowl rooster that would wonder in my yard and beg for hand outs, stupid SOB got hit by lightning because he roosted under the neighbors metal roof shed.
So how do you raise them are red junglefowl harder or easier to raise then other types of chickens; do they act...