I've been working on a book called: My Pocket Farm. It's a 5-year project that I will be documenting throughout the entire process, from start to success. It's a simple project that doesn't require a lot of maintenance and its full of useful information. I shut down my small farm in order to...
Some peafowls may not be so willing, I read somewhere that if that is the case, then a turkey will gladly sit on the eggs that want fit under the peahen.
I would clean my coop once every other week when I was starting off as a newby. I am still somewhat of a newby and know a lot about raising my chickens, because of BYC. My chicken are extremely healthy and very tolerent of the weather. They started laying eggs in the winter and they dont mind...
I didn't start giving my chickens oysters shells until they where fully grown out. I mix oton with there feed. I think it really depends on the breed. My chickens still hasn't laid any eggs, but they are showing signs that they are ready. I am going to put two golf balls in one of the boxes and...
TSC is a great place to get chicks, and no they never get the breed right. However there mystery birds is what I like about them. It's like being in the ugly duckling story, where a duck is really a swan, or like Forrest Gump, you never know what your going to get.
The causes of Chicks death...