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  1. T

    A rant about unnecessary loss

    It's been a really tough fall in regards to livestock and there's been a lot of unnecessary loss of life. I don't live with my chickens - they're at a farm which is about 30 miles away while we build out our homestead. Generally the flock is well-cared for on the daily, and until recently an LGD...
  2. L

    Where are the Polish Chickens?!

    Hello all, A bit of a rant but also a cry for help. I've been trying to locate Buff Polish Chickens/Chicks/Hatching Eggs and failing miserably. I've checked every hatchery I can find, searched through Craigslist AND eBay but not a soul has purebred Buff Polish chickens. They're all mutts, mixed...
  3. Fangeddeer

    Is it animal stealing season?

    When I tell you it started with a whole family repeatedly trying to steal my drake because they thought I stole their fully grown drake but I actually raised and bought the duck.. now my goats.. Two no good punks cussed me out and yelled at me for the simple fact my goats got tangled up in...
  4. Jester57

    My rant

    Let me start off by saying I am far from an expert; I've been keeping chickens for about a year and a half. I've been a reading BackYard Chickens during almost all of that time. I've learned a few things along the way, mostly enough to be dangerous. But it's that learning curve that I really...
  5. madsnbot

    first time chickens Rant/learning curve

    So i’ve had chickens for a few months now and i’ve been obsessed with them!! I absolutely fell in love with owning chickens and doing research as I go, but the more research i do the more complicated/discouraging it gets. I’ve been reading more about diseases and illnesses chickens can get and...
  6. kelzey

    i love BYC (and some emotional stuff)

    this doesn’t have much to do with anything in particular but i just wanted to express how great this forum is, i’m really new to it and i’ve only made a few posts but i’ve always felt really welcomed and i’m so glad that i joined. it’s so very nice to have somewhere to go that’s full of people...
  7. zydrate

    welp hatchery

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it didnt seem to fall under other categories unless I overlooked one, apologies if I did. but this is just a somewhat rant/complaint about welphatchery because I ordered goslings from them on the 13th this month, i picked the soonest date...
  8. rascal66

    Hatching Chicks is becoming depressing (Omphalitis rant)

    I love hatching and raising chicks. Hubby and I have been going full steam on hatching chicks this year. We are hatching for numbers of reasons, such as recycling our current flock, selling chicks, and having freezer meat. All is well and its been so fun and rewarding... Of course, until death...
  9. SniperGoose

    Heat lamp

    So in the four years we've had our chickens, we've never bothered with heat lamps. Chickens have been totally fine, and no frost bite to speak of. Plus I've seen stories of coops burning down because of said heat lamps. But of course, my father took the advice of some lady who always heats her...
  10. Sutherlandfarms

    TSC minimum purchase

    UPDATE: called the CS hotline and they are audited by the state ag department so even if I showed them my receipt of having purchased on Monday, the store would get dinged for selling one lone bird even if it’s to someone who has purchased already. I’m going to make a call to the state...
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