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In light of a recent thread about our dogs names, I thought it would be interesting to hear all the horse owners, horses names! Post a photo with your names and it should be lots of fun! I have Mylie and Luna Post away all you horse ownin' BYCers!

I never meant for this post to get into a critique on my handling techniques and has essentially gone off topic. If you have any suggestions for books on trick training feel free to suggest away.

I have a hen and for the last couple of days she's been sitting in the nest boxes all day doing nothing. She appears to be setting but doesn't show other signs of being broody. She won't peck but she'll sing softly when I put my hand near or on her. She sits there all day, I don't know if she...

I need to put a trough heater on my big mares water trough next week. I will have to use a 100ft and a 20ft heavy duty extension cord (electrical taped at the connection). What do you guys think? Its the only way her water will get heated, it won't be running in the field and I will put it up...

I need to dose my hens with Tetracycline, but the bag says "Not to be used in Laying Birds or Lactating Cows" For those of you who have used Tetracycline, is this because of withdrawel times? If I put it in their water will it hurt them? I'd be throwing out my eggs probably for 2 weeks. We've...

Okay it's windy and cold and I went to check the mail wayy at the end of our 900ft driveway (walking LOL) and took the camera on the way down. I also had to try and find Luna's feed pan again... It got buried last night in the storm and I can't find it anywhere. Siggghhh. So onto the photos...

ETA: THIS IS A CANADIAN FEED. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S N-TIMIDATOR. I bought what my mill called "goat ration" a month ago from the Madoc Co-op in Madoc, Ont. It's a 12% "sweetfeed" with no molasses so it's all loose. I can't remember if it had rumensin/monensin in it and we no longer have the...

And of course I came with photos! My ducks are out in the snow freezing their butts off. They're SHIVERING even though they could just go sit in the sun, they'd rather sit in the snow in the SHADE. Ahh silly ducks. Chickens going for a walkie in the little snow fall we had The...

I got my Buff Orp ducklings on May 1st 2009, they have come and gone for their 5 months and the EE chicks I bought at the same time have started laying. My Buff Orps? Nope. Not a single egg. They're on Layena and have been free ranging daily recently. They never go into the forest, but hang...

University acceptances? York U hasn't gotten my transcript yet or admissions letter, and U of T says 6-8 weeks before an admissions decision and I'm going nuts here. Sigh, I just want to know already! I've applied to the humanities program with a major in English at U of T which is where I...

We've been changing plans over and over for our new coop. We have now decided that since our chicken house will be behind the treeline and won't be seen from the road or driveway, we can get away with a 10x12 structure. We plan on putting it on stilts and will be a pole barn with a gambrel roof...

Okay, after seeing another chicken coop on here where the person used rafter ties to attach their rafters to their chicken house (they were 2x4 rafters) I decided to buy some for mine. My rafters are 2x6, and I can't for the life of me knotch out the rafters (LOL you should have seen my goat...

I'm looking for some extra hens. We want to add probably 6 more chickens to the flock in the spring (to include a rooster). I'm looking at Black Australorps but I have a few questions first... 1. Are they cold hardy? I live in Ontario, Canada! For the record I have a bunch of hens already with...

I'm going to be starting the planning process for the new chicken coop. We have 19 hens right now but plan on expanding and adding something like Chanteclers or Black Australorps ... I can't build anything over 10x10 without a permit, HOWEVER, I can build it on a trailer and the town can't do...