I don't see what's so funny about my post. My hens are free to roam as they wish wherever they wish. If I put down salt and they eat it then they die or become seriously ill. My walkways can be very icy in the winter. I don't want to slip and fall on my a$$, but I don't want to risk harming...
How would I be able to prevent icy walkways when my hens free-range? I don't remember doing anything last year. We usually shovel as it's falling so it doesn't compact and become ice, but this year it's colder and it's icing up plus we have the snow melting off the roof and right onto our...
It's great that your daughter seems to have such a wonderful friend. I would be on the cautious side tho. I don't have children, but I do have a 12yr old niece. She had two "friends" that would hang around a lot. It took my SIL an entire summer to figure out what I grasped in just a few...
When it starts to get dark everyone will go back in on their own out of self preservation. The rooster will always follow the hens. Just let them go in on their own and pay attention to the time so you know the following day when to go out, count everyone, and lock up the door. That's what...
I do the same thing Ohhhdear. I shred up old newspaper doesn't matter whether it's the sales ads or the regular paper. I shred it by hand. I had an incident once when I jammed it too much. I wont do that again so I do it by hand and it tears easily. It's cheap especially when I gather it...
I'm sorry to hear about your pain with the vet. Unfortunately it happens all too often. I cannot read through all the replies at the moment, but I would highly suggest shopping around. We have a local vet here in town that bleeds everyone dry too. I will drive 15min away to a country vet who...
I don't know if it's permitted, but I'd say keep this topic in both areas. I don't have guineas, but I do have experience with hens or a Roo in this case singling out one hen. I kept the Roo locked up for several days while the hens got to do their daily free-ranging so she could better bond...
I shovel or snowblow pathways through the yard that I would use anyways and they walk in those. They won't go in the deep snow, but they'll walk up the pathways. I shovel close to the grass enough to walk on and that's it. There isn't much snow up against the house so they wander all around...
Last year I fed my girls butternut squash and they wouldn't touch it so hubs microwaved it until soft then let it cool. He brought it back out to them and they devoured it. I guess they prefer cooked to raw.
Well after having put her in the nest box for one night, I found her in it again last night as I was shutting the door to the coop. They free-range and return at dusk. I put them all to bed and came back in. When the news came on at 11pm and said we'd be having near freezing temps that night...
She's still wide-eyed this morning, but still hiding from the rooster. They're free-range so she hides from him. Last night I had to put her in the nest box so she could stay warm and away from his incessant pecking on the roost.
I also find that Frontline Plus is no longer working. I keep using it on my cat, but she still has fleas. Now the dog has fleas and it's like a flea circus around here. I haven't had fleas in the house in over 10 years and now they're everywhere. I'm told by my sister(a pet groomer)that it's...
OOoo. So many good names. When I name a pet it has to fit the personality, color, breed, etc. There are some good ones that would fit both a yellow lab mix. I knew someone who had a black lab named Zeke. I called him Zekers. They also had a Doberman named Q short for Quentin. I had a cat...
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Thank you for posting this info. When I saw the title of the post I yelled out. The dog ran to the window and started to bark. I'm so glad that the chickens are ok. This is such a good lesson to all of us who haven't been around the block several times. This will be my second...
I've had them all(I think)molt over the summer and my last one is now naked. Unlike the others, she's blown 50% of her feathers. She has like 2 tail feathers, nothing on her butt, only a small stripe down the center of her chest, much of her head and neck feathers gone, and she has lost most...
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That sounds doable. I'd house the pump in something to keep it safe and dry and use the silicone tubing and not the cheap stuff so it wont crack and be sure to use a check valve.
Has anyone tried one of those pond deicers that stays just warm enough to melt a hole in the pond ice...
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Now *that* is funny! I can't stop laughing. Rats make good pets, but I'd call the vet and ask them if they can vaccinate it or something. People say rats are nasty and sure they are, but as pets they're great. Highly intelligent. I remember them as a kid when I visited COSI in...
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As you know I also have two GSDs. We have no pretty dog toys, only nasty, dirty, dog slobber-covered, trashy ones. Hmmm, maybe that's why Impy likes em.
That is awesome! We just need a bowing on the knees smiley.
Imp what did you say to have a humpy rooster named...
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It can be very discouraging. I thought that no matter what I tried or the 100 questions I asked that I'd never treat my hen in time to save her. It took me 10 days to get her to the point of being released. 2 days before I found her in distress in the yard I had lost another hen so I...
I think that family since passed would be happy knowing that their family members are enjoying their lives instead of being sad that they're gone. I for sure would want my family to keep on celebrating the holidays and living life.
As for Christmas decor being sold now I think it's...