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I have, did have 3 hens (one rooster) and 3 guineas. Now I have 1 hen, 1 rooster, and 3 guineas. They are free range 24/7 and I haven’t had any real problems before, a close call with a hawk once. But anyway today I want to check on the birds and collect eggs and the first thing I see is one...

I am not sure if this is in the right spot on the forum but I thought genetics would be better than guinea fowl. So my chickens have just started laying eggs (they are free range) and I see my rooster doing his business on my hens but I have seen him doing his business three times now on one of...

I got this from another forum but here it goes: Bob came home late one night, slid into bed next to his wife, and fell into a deep slumber... He awoke before the Pearly Gates where St. Peter said, "You died in your sleep Bob." Bob was stunned. "I'm dead? No, I can't be dead! I've...

So I was at the end of the garden and the chickens and the guineas were up by the greenhouse (they free range). I here one of the chickens behind the greenhouse start the eggs song (first time, I have never got an egg from them) I finish up weeding around the okera and walk to the the hen (in...

The Day has come.... They grow up so fast! But first some pictures of my favorite chicken, the roo: ...Back to the guinea fowl free ranging with the chickens A video of them: She had to pose:

Hi byc'ers I am working on my second coop of the year. This coop will be for 4 or 5 silkies (4 hens and one roo, or 3 hens and 1 roo). I got an old fort and I really want to make it into a silkie coop it is 3ft 6 ½ in wide (42 ½ in) and 3ft 9 ½in long (45 ½ in) which makes out to be around 12...

If You had 300 acers of land, no close neighbours, and a bunch of money... What type of poultry or livestock would have? I would have: a few emu ( 4 ) 10 call ducks Many India Blue peaflwl 20 homing pigeon Many Embden gese Lots of chickens: Speckled susex, silkie, banties (in general), rir...

I was wondering if anyone has taken their chickens in to public places like petsmart or somewhere else. Would like to hear some stories. I was thinking about bringing one of my chickens into pets~mart for some crickets. .

img/smilies/ya.gif" alt="ya" />">http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/jun/28/spartanburg-considers-allowing-chickens-96009-vi-84493/ We may soon be able to have chickens in the city! Luckily I am not living in the city, but I am still pushing for them to change the law. Some of the comments on...

Ok, so I have just started building a guinea fowl coop. I have four 4x4 bords that I will sink 1 ft under ground, what do you think would be best, put the 4x4 in the ground and compact dirt around it, or put the 4x4 and pour concrete around it? The coop should be at max 7 1/2 ft tall (from...

Ive seen it posted several times... Whats the difference between the two? Does cull mean kill the chicken and eat it? .

...What duck breeds poop the least? What small ducks do you think that I should start out with? Can you get 1 duck and make it live with some chickens. Would it be fine or do you need at least 2 ducks?

...No not chicken tractors, actual tractors. Care to show a picture of your tractor? Talk about your tractor? Well, Heres mine: My tractor is a 1725 ford "newholland". Its 2 wheel drive, I wish I would of gotten a 4wd now though . I think the engine hp is around 28, The...

Last year I started with 6 guinea fowl and I kep them in this coop: During christmas a dog got in and killed all 6 of them. I free range them from around 2:00pm until dark, the dog came at lunch time. When I came to let them out for there day, I saw all 5 guinea fowl (one got killed by a...

Hi BYC, We are thinking of adding some goats to the farm in a year or two, and I need some breed ideas. We have had pygmy goats many years in the past and we want something different. We would like a goat that you can get some milk from (like for making soap), a small size, tame, doctile, and...

I know that there is already a South Carolina topic but.......Does anyone here live in upstate South Carloina? What chickens/animals do you raise? I live in Spartanburg. ...Do You think that we will get snow monday? In a way I hope that we get snow! .

Hello, BYC Buddies: Got this idea from another gardening forum and there was tons of people who joined the thread. It was huge, and took off like wildfire. The way to play, is we are going to make up a story, but you can only contribute two words at a time - no exceptions! You cannot...

Hi Y'all! New here. I have recently lost all of my guinea fowl (6 in total) to a dog and I plan to get more. I have a big garden every summer and I keep guineas for pest control. I am also wanting to get some silkies bantams too. I would like to have silkies for showing off to people who...