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It has been very damp here lately and noticed that yucky coop smell. Just finished the complete clean and the girls are loving it. But hauling all that stuff the 20 feet to the compost pile wasn't my idea of fun. I'm thinking i need a bin right beside the coop. And of course I smell like it...

For some reason the other chicks picked the toe of the little silkie. Then they were all chasing the poor thing and pecking the toe. Just a tiny injury but they are acting like maniacs. I had to seperate the chick. Now it's crying for the others. Any advice. I tried a bandaid but it cant...

I called a tractor supply about chicks and they said all they had left were tetra pints. They said they were egg chickens. Is there such a chicken? Another tsc had slw, comets and rocks. So I will finally get my slw. Any advice on picking females only?

GRASS! I know that won't excite some of you but for many of us, its a beautiful thing after months of white. We are having our first thaw, 50 by friday. Clean out the coop time.

We have a male cat Mr Oreo who likes to jump at the dividing wall between 2 rooms and rake his nails down both sides of the wall. 2 or 3 times a day I have to vac up all the little white chunks of drywall. He is only 3months old. He is damaging the wall and yes he has scratching posts but...

Ha sorry, not a real snake. But dh just broke off 50ft of snake in our drain. Any idea of how to get it out? I had a bad feeling about him playing plumber today. I just know this is bad. Im having visions of bulldozers in our front yard.

I need some advice. I have 2 basement silkies that were tossed out by the LF girls. They are getting their own coop in the spring. If I get chicks is there a chance the silkies will brood them? Any ideas of how to try this? I really don't want more silkies, but am not sure what I want. It...

Our First! Finally. Im sure it came from our EE "owl". Now all 4 of us get to fight over 1 egg. I put it in with a carton of large grocery eggs for comparison. She also layed it in the nest box with all the golf balls. Dh was so excited he dropped his phone in the coop while trying to call...

How about the worst present you ever received? Mine was a 5 gallon bucket of laundry soap from my EX HUSBAND. We were married at the time.

I have been trying to integrate 2 silkie girls (5moths old) to my mixed flock of 6 month olds since early Oct. I tried pulling the bully but a new one just takes their place. The silkie girls now hide all day and won't go into the run. The group did accept a silkie rooster in Aug with no...

Anyone else making sausage this weekend? Just started to de-bone 60+ lbs of pork. I really hate this part! We will be making Korv for Christmas and sweet Italian for winter. My neighbors just love seeing it drying in the sunroom. Did you ever add peppers and onions into your sweet italian...

My son has 2 pet mice in a 20 long tank in his room and they stink! I can't even put it into word how bad they smell. He cleans out the tank 2 times a weak and scrubs everything (tank and toys clean) but the very next day, they smell again. We use the same wood chips I get for the chickens...

About a month ago someone posted about joining the Purina rewards program and you get coupons for 50lb free horse food that the chickens can have as treats. Well I joined and rec coupons and no one carrys the Purina strategy Healthy Edge (what the coupons are for) in my area. So anyone who...

My 2 silkies are out of quarantine and lasted 2 days with the big girls. No real injuries but quite a bit of feather pulling and pecking to the shy one. At the end of 2 days she was in the corner staring at the wall not eating or drinking. Pulled the 2 silkies and put them in the sunroom in a...

I have gotten into the habit of taking leftover oatmeal and blueberries or apples out to the coop after everyone leaves for school. I noticed the other day that the silkie roo only allows the 2 lf cochins and himself to eat the treat. I have 5 other girls that I am now giving a bowl of treats...

I need ideas for winter treat blocks. I just made crab apple jelly and blueberry jelly and want to use the cooked leftover fruit. I have boss, what about oatmeal (cooked or uncooked). Would chopped greens work or rice. I want to freeze them and cut into blocks. I need something to bind...

I let the them out of the run to get some greens, our yard is 3/4 acre fenced with about 50 acre of woods behind. They were about 10 feet in front of me and here comes Mr Hawk swoops down and hits the lilac tree! Thank god for bad aim or Oliver the 4 month silkie roo would have been history...

We have 2 large crab apple trees with hundreds of 1inch crab apples. Normally I throw them in the compost or the boys whip them at each other and we end up with apples everywhere. Can the chickens have them??

I have been noticing some holes around the run and coop. Everything is secure with hardware cloth, even under coop. But we have dogs and kids. So after reading lots on what to do, I put out a bucket trap. Also since I have lots of mint that I normally just pull up and put in the compost, I...

My 5 girls are 10 weeks old. I debated getting a rooster when I got them and decided no. I still keep thinking I want one. (I also think roosters are beautiful) They free range in my fenced yard during the day and it would be nice, also I would like to hatch some eggs. The township says I...