What kind of friends do you have?????
Mine would have jumped all over that! At least I say that...I'm going to have to try it out when we get a threat of freeze. Will report back.
Short story - girl posts in a facebook group about her birds dying off, roughly one a month, and she wants to know what she needs to do.
Further in the comments, she advises she free ranges, but also feeds them horse feed.
HORSE. FEED.
Sorry, I'm still a little stunned.
Out of 12 birds, 2 hens still don't have names. That's just because nothing has really come to me yet for them. Honestly though, I don't care about eating a named bird. Friend: "What's for dinner?" Me: "Wyatt, with a side of yellow rice and some broccoli."
I haven't done it yet, but that's...
I feel super lucky that in my area, people don't question paying for farm fresh eggs. I think if I have someone that tries to argue the cost and suggests that I get them for free, I'll explain the cost that went into the housing and the fact that their feed isn't free, nor is their upkeep. I...
Have you checked out chewy.com? I used to feed 4Health (no complaints, honestly) but we moved further away from TSC and I didn't fancy the idea of traveling there every 2-3 weeks for dog food (we go through 2 30lbs bags every three weeks now with 5 dogs). I researched the different foods on...
It wouldn't take much for a hatchery to have some pens set up with ameraucana and some other roo, or vice versa (although I think the hen carries the egg color - can't remember).
Went to the grocery store in our town today, instead of in the "city." Saw a guy that was at the hardware store picking up stuff when we were, just before. He starts talking about the cattle panels he picked up for a mobile fence for his goats, so we told him about our chickens. He starts...
You guys...my husband...
A couple of days ago, we started letting the youngins out of their pen. Noticed one of the pullets with pretty much water poo. I mentioned needing to check on that (I'm a noob, no hiding that) and he asked if they peed. I told him no, it's one and the same. Flash...