We were raised on a ranch in the 50's. Everything went, only the collie was exempt. We knew it and that was the way it was. Just be honest. Your DD is smart, really smart, don't lie to her. She will know and you loose.
I don't know just what you mean by bio security. It seems healthy? It is imperative. unless you like eating sick food, and feeding it to your family. A vet told me at a cost of $125, to not ever buy anything but healthy in food animals, to keep them home, nothing in nothing out. As the years...
Right on! One of the first things my mother taught me when I was about 6, wild animals don't eat what they have not killed. If they find it dead they don't touch it. That may not be the case always but the smart ones don't. They later went to a stock show and my grandfather was taking care...
OK I would like to help. I am 68, female, single, I have had chickens here in Arizona, in the desert or semi desert on and off for thirty years. I have had a lot of different kinds, in a lot of different places and circumstances. I have learned a lot, and it is valuable. I would like to...