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Wasn't sure where to start this thread but I know we have a lot of DIYers around here so I thought it might be pertinent. Anyways, Michael's Craft Stores have $50 Lowe's gift cards on sale for $40! Pair this with a $10 off $50 or a 10% off coupon (both available at mycheapcoupons.com) and you've...

Hi y'all, My best friend is a CPA and has been doing taxes for my wife and myself for the past few years. The thing is, he does it for free. We always give him swag, and this year were planning on doing like $200 worth of stuff, but we are worried that might not be enough. My wife and I each...

Hi everyone, I came home today to find a trail of feathers (about 15-20 feathers over a 15 foot span). All five of my chickens came out to greet me. The feathers match my one dark brahma, so I inspected her.... no visible damage. It was enough feathers to make my heart race, I'm sure you all...

My wife and I were watching one of our girls laying on the patio on her side, wing out stretched. She laid there for a minute or so, then got up, and changed sides. It's in the 80's outside. I figured she was just sunning herself. My wife made me go check on her. She came trotting up...

Anyone have back issues of Backyard Poultry they want to sell? Thanks!

Who here has seen Wicked, and what did you think of it? I reserved a group of 15 tickets for next May at 10 a.m. this morning and now I have to call back tomorrow and add more! I think all but four or so are repeat viewers!!! What is your favorite musical?

If you have one in working condition please PM me a price shipped to 95926. Thank you!

Do any of you hatch only for fun i.e. not keep any chicks? I live on a small piece of land (.25 acre) in a city where chickens are illegal in the first place and I already have five chickens, so keeping any more is more or less impossible. I'd like to hatch some just for fun and then sell them...

Hi gang, I need a new addiction and I'm thinking that hatching eggs might be the addiction I'm looking for. However, I'm really hung up on the Marek's issue and feel that I should be vaccinating any chicks that I hatch. How many of you vaccinate? Needles make me queasy. As in, really...

I have to have my gums grafted on Tuesday due to gum recession. Has anyone had this done before? I could use some reassurance and people telling me it's no big deal. The five prescriptions I was given today were... intimidating.

I noticed these little white worms in my chicken's poop today. It was freshly laid poop, and the little worms/egg looking things crawled from inside the poop to the exterior, and then stopped moving. They are smaller than a grain of rice. I think they may be tapeworms.... what should I treat...

I have a flock of big girls, Brahmas and Orpingtons. Yesterday I got the smallest egg I have seen from a standard chicken. It is the size of a quarter. The girls have only been laying for about six months... could this of just been a hiccup? All five girls laid today, all normal size eggs...

I went out to lock the chickens up last night and their door was already closed, so I attributed it to my wife having locked them up for the night. At about 5:00 a.m. we awoke to a chicken "screaming". My wife and I quickly sorted out the confusion (she had closed the coop when we were trying...

Does anyone here grow potatoes and keep chickens? I've read that potato plants and parts of the peels are poisonous to chickens, but I also grow tomatoes and daffodils and they don't bother those. Should I be worried about my chickens eating the plants and dying if I grow potatoes, or have I...

I know it's been discussed to death, but I just don't get it. Let me explain why, and maybe someone can help me understand? I have four chickens that free range most of the time. They have an 84 sq. foot run, with a 24 sq. foot coop, not including a 6' roosting bar and 6 nesting boxes...

I didn't know what section to post this in, so I thought I'd try here. I had my first scrambled eggs from my own chickens tonight and psychologically could not handle it. I eat eggs, in very limited quantities (usually scrambled with cheese), and having eggs from my own chickens tonight put me...

I'm looking at filling my chicken run with 4" to 12" of sand. I found a local landscaping company... the only problem is that they have 22 varieties of gravel/sand. If you had a minute to weigh in on which sand would be most appropriate for the job, please take a look at...

I need help picking a few bantam varieties. The main things we're looking for are: 1. Friendliness- All non-friendly birds get re-homed. We put in daily time holding, carrying, giving our birds treats, etc. 2. Poor Flyers- Our fences are about 6 feet high. We keep chickens against city...

What sheen of exterior paint is best for a coop? I've only been able to find threads for interior paint. I'm having a coop built and have the choice of paints for the exterior; I picked eggshell for the body and semi-gloss for the trim. Should I chance to semi-gloss for the body and gloss for...

I put my chicks out in the coop for the first time tonight. They are almost four weeks old and have a large amount of feathering. I'm just worried that it might be too cold for them, it's 74 degrees right now and tonight's low is 62... what do you think? My other question is, they're all...