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All lights are not the same. The picture featured on the opening page of this strand shows a fluorescent bulb; I wouldn't allow a fluorescent within a hundred yards of my chickens (lol) the emf damages the chickens DNA and fluorescent bulbs are the worst at doing that. LEDs are the best answer...

I have four Runner ducks with three of them being females. One of the girls started laying an egg almost daily about a month ago. Still waiting for the other two to join in. My Naked Neck chickens have kicked in with three ones that hatched out this past summer laying on almost a daily basis...

That is why I like the Naked Neck chickens, they appear to be too large for the hawks and the very big rooster stands around watching over his hens. The chicken folks up the road lost 21 chickens to hawks last year (out of about 200). I don't know how things are this year, but I am sure that the...

Yes, they do love kale and cabbage for that matter, most all brassicas are on the approved list for the birds. But, they don't seem to like the tree collards, ???.

Okay, no roast duck. I love my quackers and wouldn't harm the brace. It is definitely getting cooler, 47° this morning with daytime temperature predicted to be in the 79s. Hopefully we will get some rain and things will start turning green again.

I am in Fresno County in the Foothills near Dunlap (past Squaw Valley) at about 2000' on the way to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. My chickens are not very happy, nothing green growing except my garden and I have that fenced off. I give them the weeds and the trimmings. but even those...

North south, yes, but I am not sure about east west. http://duanehallca.blogspot.com/2010/02/where-palm-meets-pine.html

90 degrees should be no problem. My hens started laying again when the temperature dropped into the high 90s, but no such luck with the Runner ducks. They seem to be happy, but have no greens to forage in this desert environment that we have in the Sierra Nevada foothills. I love my quackers...

Just ran into your post. What finally happened with the non-laying ducks. My Runner ducks did the same thing this year, they laid eggs up through about August 2016 and I haven't seen an egg from them since that point in time. My Naked Neck chickens quit laying for a while, but they have started...

I was on the back of my property today and noticed that the miner's lettuce is getting ready to really ramp up. I wish that I could get the chickens down there, they would love the plant. It is related to purslane, full of minerals, and was used during the California gold rush in salads to...

That is colder than I get in Dunlap. Once in a while it gets into the teens, but not the single digits.

There are two trees in the 99 freeway near Madera that is supposedly the middle of the state (north-south, I believe, but not east-west). The tree on the north is a pine and the one on the south is a palm. But, I consider anyplace north of the grapevine to be north or at least central California.

I live in the mountains of East Fresno County which is perhaps a little colder than Bakersfield, maybe. Anyway my chickens are in an unheated chicken house and seem to be having no trouble. I put the portable waterers in the chicken house in the evening and take them out right away in the...

The sisters at the local monastery are adding GSE to the drinking water for their birds to decrease pathogens in the drinking dishes. They just started doing so and, thus, we have no verifiable data yet. Is anyone else doing this?

Purslane is eaten all over the world. For instance, Hispanics call it verdo lago and Greeks, horcha. The Russians dry it for use in the winter. Pick it fresh and green early in the morning and add it to your salads. Also it is very good to add to tomatillos when making green sauce. Check out...

cjpines, I am finishing up some Nutrena right now, but I will try to remember to let you know what happens. I was just down near the goat pen and saw a large "puncture vine" growing by a moringa tree. I pulled it out of the ground (carefully) and threw it in the chicken yard. There was soon a...

I posted this elsewhere on BYC, but I purchased NatureSmart 16 Organic Layer Crumbles (40 lb) at Costco this week for a little over $18 per bag. Looking at the label, it has corn and soy in it, but no GMO.I probably won't repurchase it after reading more on the subject of feeding wheat and seeds...

I purchased NatureSmart 16 Organic Layer Crumbles (40 lb) at Costco this week for a little over $18 per bag. Looking at the label, it has corn and soy in it, but no GMO. I probably won't repurchase it after reading more on the subject of feeding wheat and seeds to my birds; I will not try to...

Purslane is reportedly the number one Omega 3 source in the plant kingdom, very good for the heart. When chickens consume purslane, it enriches their eggs with more omega 3.

Another plant that grows wild and the chickens love is purslane.