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So I love my colored eggs, and was sooo excited to try Marans and Welsummers. Both gave me beautiful eggs, but the Marans just didn't lay very many of them, and while the Welsummers layed more, I really like the color of the blue Marans. Sooooo, I decided to cross them to see if I could increase...

After moving some boxes from a storage unit to my house this spring, I'm now noticing these ugly spiders in my house. I've killed about 8 of them in the past month, and a vet friend told me they are brown recluse spiders. I want to spray, and heard that deltamethrin (Delta Dust or D Fence SC...

I'm back. After culling my entire flock due to illness, and a period with no birds, I've scrubbed, dug, soaked, and sprayed down everything you can do those things to. After all of that, I bought eggs from BYC people and have hatched out the start of my new flock. I've got 11 BBS Marans from...

I'm interested in seeing pics of the result of a marans x welsummer bird- photos of -eggs and adult birds. Also any other dark layer cross birds and eggs, and how well they lay, personality, etc. I am starting completely over and appreciate input and discussion. Thank you!! I'll start. These...

Does the barring on a Delaware hen give you the same sexlink ability that any other barred hen does? Someone on here is selling blue sexlink eggs, which has me completely intrigued. If I bred any blue roo to a Delaware hen, would that give me sexlinked offspring? And would the silver gene in...

After reading about the benefits of taking bee pollen, I purchased some locally last year. (you get the best results if it's gathered from local flowers--the ones you are allergic to!) I have fairly bad allergies, and read that a slow desensitization can really improve them. I started out taking...

Hi BYC'ers, I've done lots of revamping to my Yola website (originally for selling hatching eggs, now for selling jewelry!), and would like feedback on verbage, photos, etc. You guys are a wonderfully creative, practical bunch and I really value your opinions. Please take a look if you have...

Each Prairie Wolf Jewelry piece is a unique creation made by me. This sweet little necklace, measuring 19" long, is crafted of turquoise magnesite, red jasper,and copper-colored rondelles. The blues and browns of the mosaic turquoise focal are nicely set off by the blue-green...

Where is the best place to buy beads, findings, and stuff for jewelry making? I really like the turquoise (good looking faux turquoise is fine) and silver stuff, but it's expensive. Any ideas? Anyone want to share pics of their stuff?

Just got this email from a friend. > FREE HORSES: 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter. Guy died, son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs and 3 yrs old most are gelded. FREE and...

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A friend let my try hers at work the other night, and I loved it! Was easy to use and made big, sexy curls fast. I was all set to buy one, but decided to read some reviews. It got a lot of bad ones; most said theirs fell apart after several months. Does anyone on here have one they've been using...

My dryer recently stopped doing a good job, and I've heard bird activity in the vent. I had to reach way, way into the vent (would have been easier to detach the duct from the bathroom, really) to even reach any nesting material. What I pulled out were loose grass, sticks, and some eggs...

I've been fighting lice in my flock, due to being neglectful last fall and not doing my normal preventative dusting. Playing catch up this spring, one week ago, while dusting my flock, I came across a congested Barnie hen. At first I though she might have regurged some water when I flipped her...

I've got 2 WH ducklings that are 3 weeks old, and about 1/3 of their adult size. I'm guessing I will have to keep them separate from the adults (and my chicken flock) until they are more grown. When do you guys usually turn them loose with the rest of the flock? Those suckers are messy!

Is she trying to sell this as a rare breed, or just an extra large roo? Seller always has tons of birds for sale. http://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/2305507903.html

I'm selling hatching eggs right now, and always meet in a public place. Had an app with a customer, and had to cancel. I sent an email a few days ago, explaining why, apologized, etc. Heard nothing back. This morning, I sent a second email, saying I wasn't sure if he got my first email, but that...

At my request, Halo sold me some eggs from both her Marans (cuckoo x Wheaten) and Marans x Rock hens. They hatched out in November, and today I got my first egg from one of them. Found it in the run, so it's scratched up a bit, but I'm very pleased with the color. And with my Barnie...

I have someone from Craig's List who wants to buy ducklings for a photo shoot. Said she will keep them for about a week, then either give them back, or resell them herself; it's up to me. I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, as long as she knows how to care for them, it's not a...

When gathering eggs this morning, I happened upon a sad sight..........not 1, not 2, but 3 hens stuffed into 1 nestbox!! I couldn't believe they could cram themselves into that small space. Now, technically, I have two nestboxes, but the second one has been used as a roost, and is poopy, but...