How cool is that? I'm not sure where that is but I will ask my husband. He knows the county well. I know where Calvert Cliffs is (are?) I will keep an eye for the book. If you come this way perhaps we could do lunch?
Venting is easy. The doe cave has windows on three sides. The cider block keeps it cool in summer and warm in winter. I leave heat lamps on in winter for the babies and last year it did fine when the hens were in there. They had their own coop over winter but liked the doe cave better. The...
So far, I've had as many as 7 chickens in there, but I'm not so sure about doubling the numbers.....I didn't house them there; they just decided they liked that better than the junky coop I tried to build....That's how I got the idea. The goats have no interest in the eggs. Sometimes the...
Greetings from Southern Maryland, Calvert County. I keep horses and raise Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats. I use their rich and delicious milk to make PeaPeeps Natural Goats Milk Soap. Some friends dropped off a flock of homeless chickens and there ya go--hooked. I am still working on housing for...
I'll find the photo forum and post some. The little boy is BoBo (Freedom Star Farm Bolero) and I hope someday he will grow up and be a great buck. Right now he is totally enjoying being Little BoBo!
I never wanted chickens in the first place. My flock is a rescue flock that some folks simply dropped off. Well, of course, now I'm hooked. No surprise there. But housing presented a problem since the farm is already dedicated to horses and goats.
My does live in the stripping room of...
I found the forum quite by happy accident, and decided to look around. I love what I see, and having only registered last night, I've already found the site interesting and informative. I raise Nigerian Dwarf Goats, keep horses, dogs, cats, and now chickens. I already lost 5 of 7 to a raccoon...
If you add steric acid to the milk and blend well it will combine into lotion without separating. I heat my oils and cool them to 100degrees before adding the milk mixture.