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It was just over a year ago that Jan and I joined this fine group of people. We got our little peeps in July last year, raised them, enjoyed the farm fresh eggs, but now have decided to get out of the chicken business. We had a fun time being "chicken farmers" but find that it serverly cramps...

I see there have been no posts here for a while. I have the exact same symptom on several of my hens. They have been getting Layena daily, clean water twice a day, get outside when weather permits etc. I don't think I could feed them better. They also get grit. I have not given them any...

My ceiling is insulated but the walls are not. I use a 250 watt heat lamp aimed at the water canister. When temp is below 15 F outside the water freezes but I am up early enough so that I take care of the water. I will insulate the walls soon. But, you still must have ventilation so temp...

I'm no expert, but my brother the Vet says this is not possible, and the little I remember from Zoology 101 agrees with him.

Bummer, today our two roosters, the Rhode Island Red, Roody, and the Barred Rock, Rocky, got into a serious fight. Rocky ended up with a badly ripped wattle and blood all over himself. I have cleaned him off and put antibiotic on his wounds but the other chickens sense that he is wounded and...

If you keep your coop reasonably clean, there should be minimal odor. I keep 4 inches of pine shavings in mine and change every 6 weeks or so depending on poop level. I cleaned it today and even with lots of poo there was very little odor. They have been locked in for 3 weeks due to...

How is everyone doing with this globull warming? We have had single digits here for going on 4 days now and it is currently 9 headed for below zero again tonight. Our coop has insulated roof and is fairly tight and I have a heat lamp by the waterer. In the mornings it is between 15 and 20...

Long ago when in high school I trapped the creeks around our home in Beaver County, Pa. Trapped muskrat, beaver and accidently caught a mink once. I sent the pelts to Sears & Roebuck in St. Louis. I swear, skinning and preping a beaver pelt is one of the hardest trapping things there is...

"any advice on sex- the old owner and I are puzzled" I got a chuckle out of this thread title.

A sharp hatchet is instantaneous. Be ready for the flopping.

It should be an unwritten rule to never loan birds out to anyone. You never know what they may come back with. The person that allowed that to happen should be turned in for cruelty to animals. Those are the kinds of things that make animal rights groups pressure the government to burden...

Quote: It isn't passion, it is anger bordering on rage. No one but me has a right to tell me how to enjoy my life......no one!!

I used the term moron without hesitation or regret. I have been a nice guy for 66 years (and for the most part, still am.) and because we are nice, PC etc., we are losing our freedoms daily, and "they" are taking away our religion. Well, no more Mr. Nice Guy here, I'm fighting back. I will...

Just more morons joining the government in thinking they have a right to tell me how to live my life. Gotta fight this kind of thing people!

We switched ours from Purena medicated starter to Layena at about 19 weeks. I mixed the first bag of Layena half and half with the medicated starter so they would not have a sudden switch in food. Just seemed to me to be better to make a slow transition rather than an immediate switch. Got...

Paper Doll by The Mills Brothers.

Quote: Good idears. Hey, I remember that word from my days on the Sub Base in New London.

Our chickens had a personal best today. 17 eggs from 20 pullets. 25 going on 26 weeks old. We need customers so I will be calling friends tomorrow. Who do you sell your eggs to? Oh, I changed our avitar to the milk truck I drove in high school when I was a milkman. For the Jeep fans...

I know my post sounded extreme, but every day they pass some law taking away yet another freedom to do something. It's getting worse and it has to stop or we will soon be able to do nothing. I refuse to give up any more freedom without a fight. I was supposed to pay $50 to get a permit to...

I must be legal but not sure and don't care. In my opinion, constitutionally, the government has no right to tell me I can't have chickens. It is for my Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness. It is my unalienable right.