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I just ran across this recipe for making apple cider vinegar yourself. Thought I would share. http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/07/make-raw-apple-cider-vinegar-acv-with.html

As far as brooding chicks goes I have used a wire dog crate (with a flat pan on the bottom) with fireplace pellets very satisfactorily (only two batches of chicks thus far). The pellets turn to saw dust when wet and are pretty easy to scoop out. I use a heat lamp that hangs over the top of...

I think what you are saying Beekissed is that if one wants to use natural deworming methods than one has to consider the lifestyle of the animal? That is, if you want to pair non medication has a preventive than you cannot have the maximum number of birds warehoused in the smallest possible...

Oh yes gussie398 they are little pooping factories! Which is why I am so surprised that people choose to have them in their homes for so long... Here they are outside once they get feathered at about a month old! The dust otherwise is incredible..

It seems like a nice mix of birds you're planning on. My only concern is that unless you plan to separate the males from the females you have will have to many males. That's an awfully high ratio of M:F. Were you planning to use the extra males for food? The usual advice is 10 hens to 1 Roo.

x1000000000 lol! Love, LOVE, lovin this thread! Quote:

My eggs are usually pretty clean, so unless really gross I don't wash, (so says the noobie... ). They are kept on the counter and washed just before use. If I want to hatch them I don't wash 'em at all. They are usually eaten within two weeks anything older is cooked with the shells and...

x2! Don't know what model year you are, (I'm a '68 myself) but I do believe it is a dying art... Quote: Times a million! I've noticed that as well since reading this thread. I truly believe mine is the last generation of decent grammar. ETA: I'm not of the older generation this thread is...

THANK you!!! OMgosh that causes me more peevishness that almost anything else. They are chickens NOT people; so could we please just let them be chickens?? Quote: I could not have said it better............. and these folks will vehemently rebuke advice from anybody who is older...

I would absolutely 2nd the skinning the roos. I find it MUCH faster and easier than messing around with the feathers. (besides the smell of wet near boiling feathers is just too much for my stomach) Also, it helps a lot if you have someone to help, even if it's just to bring the birds to...

A quick question, if I may? I have had my chickens since June of this year, in that time I have never used a feeder. I throw their food out onto the ground both outside the their coop/run as well as inside. I've never had a problem with this; I've also never wormed them. Is it just a matter...