I made my first chicken sweater tonight. It turned out lovely. I came up with my own pattern because I wasn't happy with any of the ones I found online. the whole pattern is here...
http://dazed81.blogspot.com/2011/12/one-chicken-sweater-made-five-more-to.html
and here is a photo collage for...
Rooster Booster is at jeffer's Website, which I like because you can read all about the product as well as actually see the label, which is awesome Thanks for the info... now I begin researching!
excessive panting can take up lots of energy and can in fact be fatal, but it is a "normal" thing in hot weather. It's 102 here, day 3 of this weather, and I have electrolytes in their water now, a HUGE Metal fan on them, an umbrella in the coop for shade, and also frozen ice blocks (in empty...
One of the books that I have read suggests getting together a first-aid kit for chickens. I am a planner, and of course most of the things I would need in an emergency are not sold locally and would have to be ordered online... not really effective in an emergency.
What would YOU...
this would be a HUGE Packet. And I don't want them to think I am a loon. Some of them already probably do. I will try to email it to you, it is in a PDF File now
oh no, this neighbor will not chill. She is NOT stable, and I mean that quite literally. our landlord had a cease and desist order sent to her in 2008, and she has had a police warning for disorderly conduct in 2010 and another just last week, which is when she then decided to retaliate. She...
This is awesome. I have been a lurker here and there for a while now, but just today found out that one of my neighbors decided to "retaliate" by asking the village board to tell me I have to get rid of my chickens. Before getting chickens, I checked all the ordinances (actually my OTHER...