So sorry Clay did not make it, better than suffering. Hoping your son can bond with Clay clone and be a happy as ever.
I live about an hour out of Jax in Gainesville.
Still TOO COLD(!!!)
Sending warm thoughts too everyone to help get through...
Were you able to find a vet, or figure out 'band aide' solution for his lower beak? I'm glad the rest all made it through o.k.
not supposed to freeze tonight mid 40's from what tv is saying.
I got a chick from New Years hatch this morning. 8 days and a couple of temp drops late unreal
2" chicken hex net not too pricey, and so long as they are not very small...
I have shade cloth like you see around tennis courts, not 7 feet tall longer that it is tall unless you run strips like on a pie crossway over the top (start at ground level then toss over frame and secure on other side...
Did everybody make it through the first blast? another coming tonight then according to weatherman - 70's and above for rest of week.
Checked on mine this morning, gave some warm water, cracked corn and sweet feed, more hay in the enclosed coop, they don't use except to occasionally lay...
Q: Are gopher tortoises an endangered species?
A: Gopher tortoises have received protected status (click here for details). As such, the gopher tortoise may not be handled without a permit. Any tortoise problems or violations can be referred to the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission...
If you don't have a coop that can be closed up; I know a Lot of 'open air' coops are just more practical with the heat.
you can either wait till they go to roost and put them in pet carriers well insulated with hay, or bring them in for the night.
If can be done safely a light to keep off...
North east Florida Farm & Garden swap is tomorrow 12- 14- 2013
At Feeding Time feed store in or near St. Augestine one day only
I will look for the link if anyone is interested or just look on Gainesville FL Craigslist.org
or do a Face book search they are there too
Thanks, koolkyle08. Yes, your are "preaching to the choir" but you painted such a vivid picture with your words that the knowledge that Is stale and reiterated often to the point of becoming a chant. Anyway, thank you for 'waking' me up again. The first four lines really made an impact...
Admittedly it is unfair to think ALL backyard chickens are treated so well. Especially in limited space one finds the urban 'farmer'. City dwellers have been keeping squab for decades on rooftops and if the media is to be believed green spaces are cropping up on many a city roof top much more...
I did not see that article but have read similar columns throughout the years. Hopefully the animal keepers will see that and radical vegans the lacto - ovum vegans are (to my mind) a small minority with anyone 'on the fence' can see that a 'relationship' with ones food is better than the...
Hi 3 Cedars Silkies,
We may be the closest neighbors so far listed here. I live about 9 +/- miles from Archer.
Just checking in to say "Hello" mixed flock of full size birds, just acquired some Pheasants, trying to hatch / grow Sultans (no luck so far), Japanese (hatched 4 lost 2), Silkie...