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I was wandering around the local feed store the other day and was amazed to see a little chicken tractor that might have been big enough for one or two birds selling for over a hundred and twenty dollars... It was cheaply made and poorly designed. Think there would be a market for better...

Will they be OK? I have 10 hens and they together ate about 3/4 of a 5lb bag of purina puppy food...

We've got about 50 birds to do between my friend and I and decided it would be a lot easier if we had a plucker. Problem is, neither of us know where we can rent one. Anybody in the Cortland, Syracuse, Binghamton area know where we could rent one?

My Nephew Christopher LOVES the "chitties." So naturally being Easter(or any other time), I was happy to oblige. "Brahma Baby" is the most low key, gentlest hen I've ever seen!!

Seems like over the past few years, the quality of peacock herl one can buy at fishing stores has taken a dive. I used to have some old peacock eyes where the fibers were ridiculously long, almost too long. I wish I could find some of those again. Just wondering if you folks who raise them...

Somewhere I read all Cornish X's did was sit and wait for you to feed them. They wouldn't forage like traditional birds would. Today I noticed one of them in the tractor chasing after a fly. So I let them out. They're going all over pecking, eating grass, scratching the dirt... I guess I...

I walked outside just now and noticed a pile of chicken poo with blood in it. I know this can't be good. Any ideas what might cause that? I'm still trying to track down who it is.

...that my chickens like to hang out around the BBQ when I'm grilling? Do they know how close they are?

I wish McMurray didn't make you buy 30 guineas to place an order. 30?!!? Who needs 30!?!?!

I knew chicken poo was good to put on the garden, but I didn't know it was this good! We dumped a load on last fall and tilled it in this spring. The garden is growing like I've NEVER seen it before, and we actually put it in late! Our squash and tomato plants are easily twice the size of the...

I've bought a couple of these molded treat blocks from our local feed store. The chickens LOVE to peck them. Only thing, they're 19 bucks!! Anybody ever tried making them on their own? Seems like it couldn't be that hard... (I've said that before... )

My chickens have been perplexing me of late with their odd egg laying patterns. Sometimes for a couple weeks there will only be an egg a day, sometimes none. Others like today there were 9, yesterday 8. There's no additional lighting in the coop. I figure I'll leave them to their natural...

I just got home to find the contents of the garbage, including a 3/4 eaten turkey carcass, strewn all over the kitchen floor. My beagle mix got into and had dinner... She ate a good portion of the turkey leftovers bones and all. She seems fine, will it hurt her? I can't believe it, she's...

Every year about this time I think how cool it would be to order some turkeys and have our own next thanksgiving. I was looking at McMurray and they say you have to order minimum 15. I don't want 15 turkey's, just 3 or 4. I do order meat chickens every year. Will they allow you to buy just a...

.....Then.....What's that peeping!!!! YEAH!!!!!! This is the first time we let a hen hatch some eggs. It really is like seeing the miracle of life, just awe inspiring. The hen is Sweetie Pie. She has to be the friendliest, mellowest, most gentle hen on earth. Check out the first few:

I stopped by the store this morning and they had mango's for 5 for 3 bucks!! I guess they got a whole bunch of them and they weren't going to keep. I bought some but wondered if I could give a couple to the chickies. Haven't given them a treat in a while.

I've been really trying to lose weight and just be healthier overall since my mom had emergency heart surgery back before Christmas. I'm really trying to learn about what's good, what's bad, etc. A friend of mine has been really great helping me with food choices etc. He really knows...

I was collecting the eggs tonight when I found something disturbing. I had all the eggs and brought them back into the house. Upon seeing then in the light, I noticed one of them had some blood on it. Freaked out, I went back out to check butts. The first bird I picked up, a dark brahma...

My Dad and I are looking for something new to try. We have our chickens, but would like to branch out a little. We can't have cows, pigs, or anything big like that; so we thought we'd go the other way. Has anybody ever tried it? Is it difficult? Moreover, is it worth it?

I was thinking of ordering a batch of these from J.M. hatchery around the middle of July. Anybody who's had experience with them, I'd appreciate knowing what you thought.