The 2 incubators are sold, but due to more riding time, we've decided to sell all our Coturnix. There's over 100 day old chicks - $1.50 each (LOTS of colors), around 100 week to 2 week old chicks at $2.50 each and we will also be selling off the bre
Read more…We were just given a nice little compost contraption and I have never used one before. We have only desert landscape and no real "brown" to add but our pine/fir shavings and alfalfa that we use in the chicken coop & run. Would this be enough as lo
Read more…I have a big open back yard near the capitol. The yard was hard packed dirt with glass and garbage mixed in when I got here. I have been working on raking and sifting, and now planting some trees, grass, shrubs. I just want two to four hens at once,
Read more…I think Maryann, the big red one, may be Bob. Would anyone like to have her/him? Also, this will leave me with two. The black one has been running about, puffing up some at the big one (but not yodeling... yet). If it turns out that she is a he, what
Read more…So...my first winter requiring alfalfa hay is fast approaching. Back in Michigan, hay prices would be sky high during the winter. Is that the situation here? Do I need to load up my hay loft? Anyone else with livestock, or knowledge of hay prices
Read more…Just FYI Jeffers Livestock is doing free shipping thru end of today (no minimum).
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I recently was making scrambled eggs with my own little eggs and after breaking the egg open out poured some blood in with the eggs.
Should I be concerned for the hens? I threw out the mixture, but there was quite a bit of blood in there with the
We are preparing to build a new structure for our dairy goats and I was wondering if anyone out there has any input regarding the ideal housing for our climate? Where I live (Yuma Foothills) it is very windy more often than not and I know they do not
Read more…Hello all,
Had a weird one today, and thought I would see if it is something to be concerned about.
1st, since the hens started laying 5-6 months ago I have seen many different behaviors and a few egg types. For a while there in May-June, i was gettin
I think my EE has an impacted/pendulous crop. Does anyone have any suggestions short of crop surgery, to help her?? Many thanks!
Carrie
Read more…As the cooler weather is approaching, I am getting excited about adding some "real food" to my girl's diet. Can I glean form the knowledge here about what NOT to feed them and/or any other tips you feel necessary to share.
I am trying to find a source to purchase 1 laying hen. I have two and would like one more. I have tried Pratts, but by the time I got there they were all sold (an hour after I called). I personally don't like to buy from Pratts, but was willing to
Read more…I have to cull my girls as they have all become egg eaters. It makes me very unhappy but I got them for laying, not just pets. We used golf balls in the nesting boxes from the beginning and then retrofitted the boxes so the eggs would roll away int
Read more…I am finally getting eggs from 2 of my 6! However lately, Sophia has pushed out so much filler from her nesting box that when she "plops" out the egg it has a small crack on the tip from hitting the bottom of the box, which is wood. I have added a to
Read more…Hello. I am looking for Rhode Island Red chickens that are laying or about to lay. Respond to this post or call 928 699 2605. Thanks.
Read more…Does he look like a bantam? I will measure him tomorrow, but he is MUCH smaller than my Silver Laced Wyandotte, White Leghorn, and Delaware roosters. I dont know how old he is. But he is very featherd, and has a huge comb.
He has a Walnut/Rose typ
Read more…I am very interested in using natural wormers (Molly's Herbal from Fiasco Farms) and was wondering if anyone had used it and if it was effective? Thanks! Carrie
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Have a one-year-old daughter and have found more scorpions in our home this year than all past six years combined! Agh! My husband has wanted to raise chickens (for eggs and because he loves them, lol) forever and now I am convinced because I
I'm having some difficulty with this 'urban chicken' thing! My wife came in the house this morning and said, "Our chickens are making a strange noise." It was definitely some sort of crow.
I'm assuming that means its a rooster but either way I can't
I have had questions about this "breed" for about a year now. Since this has become a recent topic of discussion it seemed like a good time to post a separate thread. First off, some clarification. Araucanas are a blue-egg laying bird native to South
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