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Would any of you in the West Chester/Kennett Square area be interested in "duck sitting" periodically when my husband and I go out of town? We would be willing to pay $10 per visit (once per day). I don't think there would be much to do. I'm planning to get automatic feeders and waterers if I...

I posted this-->https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/931223/pics-from-pa-poultry-shows-last-weekend-mostly-call-ducks in the duck forum yesterday. Linking to it here since I don't think many of you check the duck forum.

I hate to be so ignorant when it comes to chickens, so I'm often afraid to show my ignorance by asking questions about basic things everyone else here already knows. I'm trying to learn a little even though I know we'll never have any. Can you tell me what "warmed her with the oven" means? I...

Not much better here, and I'm in SE PA a few minutes from the Delaware border. The normal low this time of year is 50 here, but it went down to 39 last night. We'll be lucky if we don't lose most of our herbs this year because I'm not going to have time to get them all in the house until almost...

That looks really nice. I would have thought it was store-bought. You must be pretty handy! I do well to get a nail in the wall straight when I'm hanging a picture.

I forgot that you're privvy to the entries list. Do you know how that show stands on East Indies? I'm hoping to pick up a breeding pair of those at one of the two shows this weekend.

Hi there, and nice to meet you. Ours are coming from Holderread's. Depending what quality you're looking for, they might still have some that aren't reserved yet. Cute doggie, and beautiful drake!

I was just throwing in some levity, Miss Purdy. I've never really been on a train with a goat. I just got the image in my mind when you mentioned goat train. I bet it would try to eat my lunch if it weren't properly secured and was just allowed to roam the car.

Wow, I agree with Blarney. Those are beautiful. We tried growing corn one year, and it was such a disaster that we never tried again.

I was on a train with a goat once. It's not as much fun as you might think.

Quote: No, stop! I can't stand it! I want to hug them and squeeze them and bring them to my house for a visit! A very long one! (I'll probably be dead in 30 years and you can have them back.)

Likes you at work not smelling like manure? What kind of kook are you working for?

He doesn't hate all chickens, only the live ones.

Ooooo, I wanted two of those so bad. The hubby has talked me out of it for now. Until he gave me a bunch of reasons we don't want goats, I had no idea how troublesome goats can potentially be and all the things we'd need to think about. I don't know of any books, but I did a ton of reading on...

Right, that's pretty much what she told me, better not to use roosters or young or small hens. She recommended adult hens, but not old ones.

Yes, Dr. Simeone mentioned that sometimes there's a person who carts in a bunch of chickens for people to use, just that there's no way to guarantee when that's going to happen, so I would need to not depend on that and find my own chickens. I'd just buy some anyway if my hubby weren't such a...

No, that's really not it. She's a great lady. She said I can bring one of my ducks if I like, and that it would allow her to show how to do swabbing of a duck since it's a little different from a chicken. The reason you have to have chickens is that you have to demonstrate that you can draw...

Yep, I guess you're supposed to get all the practice you can. The wife of one of the guys I work with was studying to be an LPN or phlebotomist last year. My coworker told me that he and his three sons were almost afraid to get near her at the time because she poked them with a needle every time...

Not sure yet. The vet said they typically don't give classes in the fourth quarter unless there's a lot of demand, and there are no classes scheduled yet. It could be near here, Harrisburg, or just about anywhere in the state, but there likely won't be any of them anywhere until early spring...

You have to demonstrate in the class that you know how to do swabbing and draw blood to test for various diseases.