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    Which breed lays the prettiest dark brown eggs?

    Can you post pictures of the different eggs of these chickens? Trish
  2. momonpillowhill

    Weasel, Mink, or something else? Eating eggs, I'm scared for my birds!

    We have been having a problem with skunks stealing our eggs here. Caught them last week. We are gathering eggs like 12 times a day and have set traps for the critters.
  3. momonpillowhill

    Beeswax Candles needed!

    my honey company up in richmond, google them Linda makes and sells beeswax candles from her own bees, tell her Trish sent you
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    hawk attack!

    we too have a lot of hawks here. We use pool noodles!! The kids run around like crazy kids waving them around and boy, they leave in a hurry!! Trish
  5. momonpillowhill

    We've been skunked!!

    So, our egg production has been down for a while now. We tried all suggestions and hints here on BYC. To no avail. Now, it's starting to get dark earlier and the kids have to get the ladies and ducks put away earleir too. Last Wed. they come running in around dark screaming. ( these are 2, 9 yo...
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    How do you explain the "chicken poo" when people come to your door??

    OMG! This is my life!! I have 50+ freerange chickens and 18 free range ducks. When it rains, or when they feel like it, the "ladies' are all over the front porch! The crap is everywhere on the deck! We call out " chicken on the deck" and scoot em off, sit with a water bottle and spray a hose...
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    Double Double Surprise!

    Nice 11:D
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    Keeping track of eggs and dates

    I just bought a date stamper from office max. works great!
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    Really funny looking chick...

    this is crazy!! I check in every couple of days and still no pictures? Wow, we are persistent. Trish
  10. momonpillowhill

    I slapped a hawk today.

    We have red tails, coopers, turkey vultures, crows and owls. My ladies and a couple of gents are free range to the point of ridiculus. But the point is most of it is near our pool and whenever anything is spotted, we get the noodles and run around waving them. Works pretty good. Most of the...
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    Paranoid about free ranging

    I have a real mix of birds, leghorns, barred rocks, austrolorps, ducks, turkeys, other peoples birds...anyway, we let everyone out all day to roam free on 15 plus acres. We do have 2 golden retrievers that make enough commotion to keep the fox and coyotes at bay, the hawks and vultures, well we...
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    Electro Plastic Poultry Netting and Kids

    We have had electric fencing for 40 years and the only time we had a problem was when my wet hair touched the fence( bending over to get through it's for the horses I have very long hair) and I got the shock of my life all the way to my toes!! Seriously, we have 7 kids 4 grandkids, dogs, horses...
  13. momonpillowhill

    Too many drakes

    I have 3 Pekins and 2 cayugas. I only need one of each. Should we eat them, sell them? any ideas? Trish
  14. momonpillowhill

    does anyone know what kind of ducks these are?

    Most absolutletly Cayuga. Rare and wonderful. I have 11 of these ducks at the moment, just google cayuga Trish, 35 chickens, 16 ducks
  15. momonpillowhill

    Rosster with a dislocated toe

    Roo is much better today, The antibitoics are working, swelling down and so is fever. Thanx for your assistance, Trish
  16. momonpillowhill

    Rosster with a dislocated toe

    Thanx, will do this! Trish
  17. momonpillowhill

    Rosster with a dislocated toe

    Got in a fight with a martial arts master!! Tore his toe almost off. We reattached it but it's swelling. We are treating with injectable antibiotics and topical, but no change. Could we just cut it off? Really like this roo. any suggestions? Trish in N. Il. 35 chickens, 16 ducks, 5 horses, 5...
  18. momonpillowhill

    Help dog has been sprayed by a skunk!!!!

    Nature's miracle works......but, it's expensive and you must use it repeatedley(sp) the peroxide, baking soda, detergent works, twice depending on long hair or short and it's cheap. Look it up on discovery.com/mythbusters Trish, in N.Il. 5 dogs, 5 horses, 5 boys, 35 chickens and 16 ducks!
  19. momonpillowhill

    Hello from NE IL

    Thanx everyone!! I have learned so much in such a short itme!! Wish I'd found you last year!! It's warm here this week and we are having fun. The library lent out the bator before I could get it, I'll get it in 6 weeks. However..the person who took it out is getting her eggs from me and giving...
  20. momonpillowhill

    today my rooster became a football...... oops...

    So our roo not only "attacked" my girlfriend and got a stick up his A$%, but then he got in the house while I was trying to help DH get the dish right, talk about a punt!! Oh, he has 19 girls and no one was messing with them, just that time of year I geuss!
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