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Well, so far they all look the same to me. I'm not noticing a large difference in size, for example. In the next couple of weeks, I'll see if I can get some pictures up, then, and see what people say. I'm really hoping for at least one lady and one gent. The rest will go on the auction block...

I have 9 "Orlopp" turkeys that I bought as a straight run. I'm not even sure if they're classified as broadbrested (and afflicted with all those "meat bird" difficulties" or heritage or something else.) Anyway, I need to sex them. They're about 11 weeks so we're getting up to the 3month mark...

Early in the pandemic, all the local feed stores stopped carrying oystershell. Now I can find 1 and 3# bags. Is it ever coming back in quantity?

Yea, we got ours in last week. EVERYBODY, and I mean EVERYBODY is telling me how much they love the turkeys over the ducks and chickens. I think the poults are spending more time cuddling humans than brooding in the brooder.

I'm sure this question has been answered 100 times but I'm having trouble finding the whole answer, and also, I would like a comparison so if anyone knows: How long is an egg good for sitting on the counter? I know it depends on a few circumstances and what I really want to know is the...

I usually order from Murry McMurry or buy from the local feed stores. Sure, I lose one or two here or there, but I am generally successful. Last year I ordered from 25 silkies from Cackle. I had 5 to raise by the end of the week. I ordered from Hoover this year. 20 silkies and 10 turkeys. I...

Sounds mutually exclusive, lol.

For the bigger animals, would you even need hardware cloth? I suppose, depends on the size of the squares in the feedlot panel. I know that a paw might reach through but not the animal as a whole, right?

I actually had a coyote pop open my commercially made coop. Not sure how, exactly. The coop itself wasn't damaged, but I lost my entire silkie flock. That's what's got me on my kick for "real" hen housing. I'm going to have to figure out safe shelters for my goats, too. Before, I was only...

Misters. I keep thinking about them. I tried them one year and the chickens ended up swimming in their run instead of... well, running. Way to much mud created. I still want to do them. I put a mister on my goat, too, and didn't seem to have a problem. I keep threatening to try again but...

funner than chickens and have more character, and they are friendlier than ducks.

Interesting. I'll have to check it out in store because the website doesn't always show what's available at price. But from the prices I did see... it looks like plywood would still be cheaper in my area. I can get a 4x8 for around $53 while the polycarbonate is $24 for a 26"x6' piece... I think.

I had not thought about the waterproofing. If you can't tell, I've built all of none roofs in my past. In fact, I started life as a computer programmer. Now I work in a hospital. All this handyman-ery comes down to a lot of trial-and-error after many hours of Youtube. How did my parents get...

No pictures. I'm not home right now. Roof is vinyl tarps mostly and loose plywood. Until I noticed coyote interest, the only purpose was shade, protection of food from the wild doves, and protection from the common predators in our area -- hawks. I think, when I was pricing it out a few...

That's basically what I have now except I don't know if the roof'll hold up to the coyote I caught on camera sniffing around my fence line. I was thinking I wanted to build something I could shut them in at night... but that leaves the question of ventilation... Maybe I'll look at reenforcing...

Not to mention having to build it big enough to walk into, lol!

Let me preface this with: I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Any and every summer you expect some of the days to be in the 120s, so that is what I have to design my coop for. The typical lows in winter might go as low as the 40s. How can I tell if my coop has "the right amount" of ventilation? D

Like I said... my math was wrong...

Meh, I did my math wrong. I was thinking "three milkings"

Not that I'd ever want to do this since I'm not showing, but if I wanted to compare my doe to some "standard" I would skip a day and a half of milking? That's actually good to know. I was starting to feel sad for my girls.