I am so excited for Darby and you.
I know you are wanting to make cheese and stuff.............are you pulling the babies and bottle feeding them full time OR just pulling them at night to milk in the morning.
Ah milking.............it is an experience and Darby will be tiny teated -...
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I actually live in a HOA and now so does Sunny
But I think being out here aways........our rules are very open. I searched thru them line by line before we purchased, because I always said I would never live in one. LOL The biggest rule here about critters is I cannot operate a...
Adorable Aubs.......looks like you have a bunch of little Phyllis Dillers running around
Those ceramic heaters are SWEET! I have one I purchased.........hmmmm...11 almost 12 years ago and it is still going strong. I use it to brood chicks and now it is out in Woodstock's coop to help warm...
Goodness, looking back at that post about crop surgery, I realized Chloe will be 5 years old this spring.
She came thru this molt wonderfully and I expect her to start laying again probably after January when the light starts to lengthen. Last year, I think she laid well - generally 4...
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Personally I don't.........too much work. Use the egg, let the shell dry a bit, then throw them out. Maybe stomp on them as I walk by
I even take broken eggs from the coop and throw them into the yard, shell and all. The birds love to gobble these treats up and the dogs pout...
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Many people say this. But I can only tell you from personal experience. In my entire life, I have never had a crop bound bird - knock on wood (cause you know it is coming now ). I have always had horses and always had hay.
In fact in my flock now is this bird, she has been here...
Both meat and egg shells are excellent for chickens.
Meat provides lots of protein.
Egg shells help resupply calcium back for the next shell to be created.
My birds are feed a high protein feed. Higher than layer feed, due to the fact that my birds are 1 - not caged layers (which is...
I must say..............Rubber Duckie Your The One, You Make Nativity Lots of Fun, Rubber Duckie I am Awfully Fond of You-ouu
Glad your feeling better Sheryl. It just plain sux to be under the weather.
I use rubber bowls and empty the water at night. Or if I forget, I flip and stop them...
I wanna cry................Red Rock is an inch or so of ice. I just drove 6 miles and I am not even going to attemtp getting out of the valley. Could not even get up a friend's driveway. Unless the sun starts shining like crazy and a heat wave sweeps across - another year of no show for me...