We are buying chain link panels and making a run and coop that will be 28' x 7' Over the chain link at one end we are putting three walls. The back wall will be solid and have our nesting boxes open to us from outside the coop and run. The two side w
Read more…For any of you keeping MICRO-micro livestock, aka bees, here is a free PDF publication from my alma mater the U of Minnesota. This is a free E-book to download and is a great resource for anyone looking to keep bees.
Managing Alternative Pollinators
Read more…My Buff Orp is a little over a year and has started to molt. I read up a little on it and most sites mentioned that they molt mostly in the fall or when the light starts decreasing.
Is it safe for her to molt in this HEAT? I'm worried that she mi
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A few weeks ago I purchased my first chicks and ducklings. I have been avidly reading the posts of others here and now need to ask a question. When I went to check on my ducklings and chicks (about 3 weeks old) in the brooder (in a
Read more…This is a double post / cross post but I couldn't figure out how to post here last night so I appologize.
Last year I lost most of my flock and thought it was disease, then decided it could have been a poisoned mouse or potato peel because at the tim
As it has been getting hotter, my girls egg shells have been getting thinner??? This is the first summer they have been laying, but all Fall & Winter...no problem. Is it just the heat or something else? When I first noticed it I put out oyster she
Read more…Backyard chicken owners rejoice – Arizona Whole Foods Market stores now carry organic chicken feed from Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill. Coyote Creek feeds are made with certified organic ingredients, and meet the USDA’s national organic standards. Or
Read more…I have a black rabbit living in my backyard with my chickens. He has "takin a shine" to my Polish hen. He follows her everywhere, chases off the other hens when they start to pick on her, and occasionaly will try to have his way with her!!!!! Is this
Read more…The smallest of my chicks doesn't seem to want to walk well anymore. :( The other chicks are doing really well outside.
I separated her and brought her inside with food and water. Is there any trick? I checked online and it said to use band-aids
Read more…I have 3 rather nice Wheaton/Blue Wheaton Americauna cockerels aged 8 weeks that need a home, and 5 two week old chicks W/BW Americaunas (not sexed) that need a home too. 4 of the little ones may be olive eggers, one is purebred Americauna. All have
Read more…I just went out to check on my chickens and noticed that only 1 chicken was on the roosting bar. I found that incredibly odd since they've always all been on the bar at night. I grabbed a flashlight to look around and found the 2nd hen in a nesting b
Read more…12 week old standard Rex rabbit babies $15. I will have older animals available in a few weeks, $15-$30. Rabbits are pure bred but do not have pedigrees.
Read more…I have 4 chicks or pullets (don't know when they are classified as pullets) to give to a good home. Barred Plymouth Rock, Red and Black Links, Ameracauna. All should be good layers. They are almost 5 weeks old. Just don't have room for all of th
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We've been thinking of raising a turkey for thanksgiving this year, but I haven't been able to find any place that sells small quantities of poults. I have two questions:
1) Is there a place in town where we could purchase a single chick?, an
Read more…I have a five month old Americana rooster. He is a beauty, but I am not interested in keeping him. If anyone is interested in taking him, please contact me at kscorpio77@yahoo.com. I can provide pictures.
Read more…If you didn't see it on the Sale Board, I need to find homes for a good number of hens! Easter Eggers, Wyandottes (Silver Laced, Blue Laced Red, Splash Blue Laced Red and a couple of young Gold Laced), Australorps, Iowa Blues, Rhode Island Reds... $
Read more…This morning my husband I are were crushed to learn that our 4.5 month old Columbian Wyandotte had died last night due to what we think was heat exhaustion. We have two other chickens, RR and Buff, same age. We would like to get two more chicke
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I have 10 pullets... hatched 1/5/2011 which makes them all 23 weeks old. They are barred rocks and RIRs. All are being fed a layer feed, have access to cool water 24/7. Plenty of shade, 3 nesting boxes (which they won't use), etc... Al
Read more…Serena
Born 2/7/11
Black and White with Blue eyes Disbudded
Sire: Blunderosa's Flying Goat Casanova by Praire Wood Huckleberry out of Praire Wood Bella
Dam: Red Lotus TH Paradise Kiss by Sugar Creek NS Thistle*S out of Red Lotus Madame Butterfly
Calami
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