Hello all
I am beginning a massage therapy program in Lancaster California at the end of July. I am looking for property to keep my camp trailer on for the next nine months, I will be camping out two consecutive days a week for the duration of my nine month program. Since I will be commuting...
Way to go on the processing party, I hope that I can get something like that together in ridgecrest some day. I have 29 pheasants due for processing on August 9th, but I've never done the deed myself, so I am looking forward to detail from you guys.
Hey desert peeps. Does anyone have some big plans for what to plant for their chickens this year? I've been pouring over the sandhill preservation catalog all week trying to figure out my game plan
hey desert peeps,
I'm looking for a rooster that meets the following criteria:
needs a new home where he's free to be the king of the coop
is beautiful
is healthy, duh
the following breeds would be a bonus: speckled sussex, deleware, goldine campine, golden laced wyandotte, wellsummer...
I'm excited to try rice hulls, thanks for the tip!
I put sand in my run, it's great. before the girls kicked out all the light top 'soil' and left just hard to rake gravel, now the sand stays put and i have a zen poo garden to rake.
So far, I love the deep litter method, the soil in my...
thanks guys, that's a lot of relevant info on guineas, i really appreciate it. and the DE as bug control, so good.
this weeks quandary is about chicken bedding. people seem to hate straw because of the mold problems that it can present. is it different here because we have such dry air? I've...
hey flower! thanks for the info. i love the colors available from the guinea farm people, but i was a bit put off by the fact that they pinion their breeding flock. it just seems like a wretched thing to do to an animal when all you have to do to keep them in is put up some bird net
good...
hey there desert peeps,
I'm thinking alot about guinea hens these days. we used to do a little bit of spider spray around the house in spring to ease the burden of living without sealed walls BUT...now we have a poultry farm, no more chemicals allowed!
Unfortunately the chickens...
thanks for saying that. I never even thought about that aspect because I planted them in a way that the girls wouldn't be able to reach them, they're just for shade ya know, not fancy chicken food. i feel bad for not knowing that though, so thank you.
as google has just informed me, it's...
hey fellow desert people!
Me and my flock live in Ridgecrest. Because of the water table situation I don't usually grow plants unless I can eat them BUT this year I'm growing morning glorys as a shade for the girls. I'm in love with my idea and I'll post pics as it begins to work but I...