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That sounds like commercial growing operations conditions

Great idea, thank you

Thank you for this information. How wide should the vetwrap be when bandaging a bumbletoe?

Warm water and apply triple antibiotic ointment. I put it on generously so it can stay there awhile and have a chance of soaking in

Three ducks: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

With that erect stance, I'd say it's a rooster

I read where slitting the throat from ear to ear is the best way to get the best bleed and that cutting off the head you'll get half to 2/3 as much as you need to. Severing the spine will work, but it will lead to tougher meat and you'll have to soak the remaining blood out of the carcass.

Never expect a guinea to return to the nest. They like trees too much.

PURINA, y'all sponsor this blog: sell your milled feed in Turkey?

How often do you collect the eggs? Can the chickens get to them before you gather them? You may have an egg eater--they leave nothing behind. This would explain why their shells are still hard.

<snip, paste> "Raccoons will often kill more than they need and only eat the neck and chest area of the birds. Birds that have been consumed in this fashion or maimed through the fence are likely victims of raccoon attacks."

Coons will pull off the heads through the run wire. If this is being done and the predator has access to the whole bird it's probably something else. Weasels? Maybe an owl, but owls carry off the whole bird or pick the ribcage clean. I read this earlier today...

I've seen those doors, I recommended it to a friend of mine. His coop is old and, imho, not at all secure. If the neighbor cat can get in, it's porous. No way I could afford one! I'm hoping to have running water by next winter--am pouring all my money into the coop/run right now. Why aren't...

I just looked closer at your picture. Are those dyed eggs or do you have a flock of easter eggers?

I wish I had wings too! The run area is aprox 192'sq. The coop is 96'sq. If l There will be a free-range door at the back of the run to funnel them down the steep, leafy, bug-filled hill and away from my front porch--been there done that. I want them close to the house because I lost the 37 out...

Hi. I've had chicks several times. I am currently building the most predator proof chickie Fort Knox that I can envision. I've been hit by coons, possums, fox and coyotes. Half-inch hardware cloth is going in the ground around the perimeter of the entire run to discourage diggers. It'll also...

From what I understand, mice can squeeze through an opening of a 1/4" crack! I don't know if they could squeeze through 1/2" hardware cloth or not but I wouldn't be surprised. I like your tube feeders and plan to use the same. Idea though: why not pop a cap on the feeding end to keep out vermin...