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Here is a video I created to help those who want a predator-proof coop. This is a solar-powered fully automated coop, however this video just covers the structural build.

The above hen was sold to me by a local farm as a pullet. It started laying shortly after I bought it, and after only laying maybe two dozen eggs, it went broody. Since I have no rooster and do not want to raise chicks, I left her alone hoping she would break naturally, since she was sitten on...

Here is a video I made when I butchered my spring organically raised meat birds. They were six weeks old and butchered out at an average of 3.5 pounds per bird. I made this video for those who might have never done this before. It covers all the basics from killing to cutting up. This video...

This is a real mystery. I have several breeds of chickens in different pens. All the same age (2 yrs old) and fed the same food. All my other breeds are laying great and have been since March, but I have not gotten a single egg out of my four JG hens in almost two months, even though they...

I am looking to trade for Ameraucana eggs. Here is what I have to trade: Blue and Black Copper Marans Heritage Dominques BBR and Golden Duckwing American Games.

I recently built some new double nesting boxes and decided to make an instructional video on how to do it for those who may not know how easy it is to do. Here is the how to video.

Here are some pictures of some birds from my landrace flock.

There are many threads on BYC devoted to this topic. Here are my thoughts on the issue. The question is not what you should do if your neighbor’s dog attacks your livestock (chickens). The real question is, what should your neighbor do? This question of what should a person do if their...

The swaps section is for organized swaps only. Please see the stickies post at the top of this section. All ads should go in the appropriate Buy Sell Trade section. Thanks, Staff

The swaps section is for organized swaps only. Please see the stickies post at the top of this section. All ads should go in the appropriate Buy Sell Trade section. Thanks, Staff

The swaps section is for organized swaps only. Please see the stickies post at the top of this section. All ads should go in the appropriate Buy Sell Trade section. Thanks, Staff

If you are like me. You have a few old small gasoline engines that won't start because the carburetors are shot because of the ethanol in gasoline. Well, I decided to get my old gasoline power generator working again by converting it to Natural Gas. It was a lot of fun and you will not...

I am considering getting some RJFs this fall and I am trying to locate a source for some decent birds. I have looked at most of the hatcheries and their birds look more like OEGs then RJFs. I am not looking for RJFs that just came off a ship from India or anything. Actually I would like to...

I have 10 American Grey (Silver Duckwing) hatching eggs ready to go. I will include any extras I get today. These eggs must ship in the morning. I have been getting great hatch rates from this eggs and I guarantee that you will hatch some chicks. If you do not hatch any chicks from these...

This is my second year hatching chicks in an incubator. I had been using Nutrena chick starter for my chicks until a couple weeks ago when I switched to a 28% Game bird starter. I just wanted to see what would happen. Well, it is too soon to tell about growth rates, but one thing that is very...

Let's Trade. What I have; Pure Silver (Grey) American Games. I will trade for eggs from , pure Barnevelders, pure Campines, pure Minorcas or pure Penedesencas. I ship only to the lower 48 US States.

Up for sale or trade, 12 gamefowl silver duckwing "Grey" fertile eggs. These eggs are three days old today and I must ship them in the morning. I test my fertility every week and can guarantee that these eggs are fertile. If you don't hatch some chicks from these eggs, I will send you another...

I was driving down the road and thought I saw a pig way out in a wheat field. I pulled over and watched it and realized it was a tom turkey strutting his stuff. I raced home and grabbed my weapon and rushed back and got off several good shots. It was difficult because he was so far out in the...

I have fed my birds mostly Nutrena Layer for the last several years and on occasion Dumor Layer. Recently I had a conversation with a local egg producer that told me about a "Superior" feed brand (Bluebonnet) that will improve my birds egg production and feather quality. She said that I would...

In May of 2012, I ordered some Cubalaya chicks from Ideal Poultry. I received 16 chicks to begin with. All had Mareks vaccinations. Two of the chicks had defects and died shortly after I got them. The rest began to die off one by one at different ages. By 2 months only 6 birds were left...