AAWW!!! Those little piggies are so cute! Their momma isn't too bad either. Oh, if only we had more land...
Completely OT, we might live pretty close to each other. I live as far west as you can live and still be in WV!
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He's well-named.
The way he holds himself makes me think of a dashing man-about-town from a P.G. Wodehouse novel. All he needs is the top hat and the spats.
He ALWAYS walks like that! My dear husband thinks Dapper Dan looks like he needs a pocket watch and a little chicken cane. lol.
My dear husband and I want to start s small rabbitry with Silver Foxes. We are homeschooling homesteaders and are trying to raise rare heritage breeds on our ranchette. Next spring, we will start with Buckeye chickens which we will raise and breed for breed correctness and also for eggs and...
I went to pick up some advertised EE pullets from a breeder near my home and decided to get a roo to replace the one that went to freezer camp. She showed me several EE roos that were running here and there, and then she asked me if I wanted to see her Americauna Blue Wheaten roosters. She...
Still need to paint a few things, but here it is. Just wanted to mention that there is hardwire cloth behind the chicken wire (my hubby LIKES the look of chicken wire. ) and on the back side of the screen door. We have plastic netting on top of the run, but that should be fine as we will lock...
I'm so sorry.
I know you are in a tough spot and you are torn about what to do. First, let me preface this by saying that I am not, by nature, a dog lover. I am an animal lover, but dogs are not at the top of my list. We don't currently have a dog because we don't have the time to properly...
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Could someone please inform the dozen or so wild bunnies carousing around in my back yard that wild bunnies don't eat vegetables. They certainly seemed uninformed while nibbling on my tomotoes and filching the carrots right out of the ground. Cute little buggers.
Oh! I am so sorry! I have lost three this week, nearly 4, but my neighbor stopped that one in time. The thing that burns me is that mine is the neighbor's dog, who has no interest in eating the chickens, just kills them for fun and leaves them laying in the field. I am thinking of getting...
I still can't figure out how the dog(s) got the girls. Locked everyone in the coop last night after doing a head count. This morning, when I went to let them out at 8:00, two were missing. Found a big pile of feathers in the side yard and pretty much followed the trail to one dead chicken...
We are currently without a rooster because of our roos nasty behavior toward our kids. We have 10 pullets now and are hopefully adding 4 more (successfully ) in a few weeks. That will give us 14 girls. Is one roo enough or should we have a try with 2?
yes, my husband tilled over our old garden spot about 4 times on Monday. The chickens are LOVING all the loose dirt to roll around in. As an added bonus, they sometimes find bugs in there, too. Dustbathing and then laying in the sun. They like it, my daughter doesn't! :lol
So, my Dear Daughter came running inside yesterday, screaming, "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHICKENS, MOMMA! I THINK THEY ARE ALL DEAD!"
Crying hysterics ensued, her practically hanging off of my leg as I went to the backdoor and saw this:
I told her they were definitely NOT dead, but she...
If we are not home, the chickens are not out. If they are out, and we leave, even for 30 minutes to run to the grocery store, the chickens are rounded up and put back in the run. We have a lot of stray dogs that seems to always show up at our house while we are not home. Can't deal with their...
Well, that's great! I used to be a vegetarian. It was a wonderfully difficult existance...
We wanted to rehome ours instead of culling, but I couldn't find anyone to take him. Then I decided not to pass my "problem child" on to someone else. We also had raised our rooster from 3 days old...
Just culled my rooster recently for this same behavior. The kids could not go near the girls at all. They could not swing on the swingset, they could not run in the yard, they could not play ball, they could not walk to the garden to pick vegetables....all of these things would result in an...
I'd say pullet, too, but it is difficult to tell with the dark feathers. My girls are 24 weeks old and have HUGE combs and wattles. Austra girls seem to get really big combs.
umm..just wanted to say that I don't think giving her to someone else who has chickens is a good idea, unless, of course, you don't like the person who would be recieving her...
Could be lack of protein. You've gotten very good suggestions about what to feed to treat that. COULD be that's her...
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Yes! This is right for WV. I don't think they really even inspect you, they just want the 10 bucks. But seriously, who is selling that many eggs????