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I have a buff that is growing spurs. I know when you lose your roo or if a hen gets an infection in its ovary it can take on male characteristics. But the question I have is the hen that is changing isn't very high on the pecking order. So just wondering what is going to happen to her. She...

Got into this discussion at work. I've been reading the threads here. I admit I can be a bit of speed reader so maybe I missed the answer already. Talking about city ordnances. The one ordnance states: Sec. 10-7. Raising animals, fowl, or bees. No person shall in the city engage in the...

Gahhh We now have new desks and new center. Our desk includes 8 monitors and 4 separate computers, 1 radio system. So instead of us having multiple keyboards/mouse they installed a KVM switch. Well us old timers are having a fun time remembering to switch to the system we want first....shoot...

We are moving back to town. We got a great deal on a home we couldn't turn down. Lucky the town allows 6 hens, no roosters in the city. The huge problem is I have 15 hens, 2 mallards, 1 pekin. How do I decide who moves to the new coop and who moves to the freezer? I love all my birds. They have...

Sorry for the long disappearance. Due to some pretty severe medical problems I just haven't been able to be here much. I still have some feathered friends roaming around the yard.

Well normally a post topic like this would be best under coop construction. But, I'm not talking about my chicken run. I want to fence my yard in to keep my dogs contained. Right now I use the invisible fence by pet safe. Well my dogs have found a way to cross the boundary. Well frankly it...

Well I redid my coop this summer. That included running a water line inside the coop to run auto watering system. Well its winter here in Northern Michigan, so the auto water system doesn't work due to freezing. So I unhooked the water system and just left the water line with a hose spigot in...

My wife made me buy a floating deicer for their pond. So now they have open water all winter long. 'I give up, I bought these pekin for the meat but now they are pets and have a higher status than me.

Not sure if this is the right forum or not. I have been trying to find out how to become tax exempt on my chicken feed. Everytime I buy feed the clerk asks if I'm tax exempt. I have been searching on the Michigan.gov website but so far I'm not having any luck. Tractor supply wasnt sure of the...

I wish I would have had my camera yesterday when I went out to check on the flock. My poor ducks were walking on the ice on their pond quacking at me, asking where their water went. It was so cute but yet sad at the same time.

Dont know if this the right place for this post, but here we go. I have 3 roosters that need to find the inside of the freezer. I dont think I have it in me to do the deed. I hate to admit it but for a big guy I'm way to soft when it comes to animals. I was told the Amish will process the...

I am so mad right now. I got a notice from my insurance company today. They are dropping my coverage. They apparently have a problem with chicken coops. That was listed as a deficiency with my house and that the coop is missing siding. (sorry the out building as they have it listed) In the...

This story was posted on my local news station. Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable? November 19, 2009 - 03:20 a.m. EST Scientists are trying to use research to take the emotions out of an angry debate over the welfare of caged egg-laying chickens. At issue are small cages that...

After finally building my ducks their own run and sectioned off part of the coop. I went in and found a nice huge duck egg laying in the corner of the coop. On a side note, I have a silly question. My ducks don't like going in the coop at night. Which with their new enclosure I'm not too...

Well my the walls on the old barn I was using as a coop were rotted so a rebuild was needed. I tried to take as many pics as I could but I also had to get the work done before dark, and in Northern Michigan that comes fast this time of year. I had to make sure the chickens would have a place...

Long story short I spent the last 25 days in the hospital down state. I trusted my in-laws with my animals. I am really starting to wonder if they even checked on the flock. They never collected eggs once the entire time. But yet I didn't have any eggs. They never closed the coop up so now I...

Here you can see what I started with After the tear down The beginning of the rebuild I will take some more pics later, it was hard to stop take the time to take picture then move on. So tomorrow I will take some pics. I promise.

Let me tell my story so everyone understands where I'm coming from. I used to be 380 lbs I had uncontrolled diabetes, sleep apnea, severe hip and back pain, I couldn't walk more than 10 minutes at a time before being winded and in pain. I had several more medical problems and a pharmacy full...

Title pretty much tells it all. Looking for a new mallard drake

Ok so thats not a good title. I know that Rouen is the domesticated version of the Wild Mallard and that Rouens are larger. We bought 3 Rouens this spring as day olds from the local feed store. They were labeled as Rouens and when they are a day old you kind of have to take their word for it...