Hello all-one of my coworkers has been taking care of a baby duck which he found apparently abandoned in an alley while on a walk with his family. Since he knows of my plans to get chickens when I move into my house, he has asked me if I will take it
Read more…I have an 8 month old Khaki Campbell that I thought was sick when I went to uncoop the girls this morning. She was lying down and breathing rapidly. I got her to get up and walk into a dog kennel so that she was quarantined from the rest of the flock
Read more…We have been keeping chickens for a little over nine months. The four hens are free range through half of our back yard with a coop for laying and roosting. Two problems have developed in the last month. One: The chickens are getting REALLY loud (alm
Read more…OK, saw this one at Superstition Farm today:Take a medium to large cooler, cut a hole large enough for a rabbit or other small animal to fit through. Then put a plastic bottle (water bottle, soda, or any other kind of 16 oz or larger bottle) frozen w
Read more…I think that my Barred Rock might be laying her first egg. I found her in a planter I have NEVER seen her in before. She is making this little nest in a bunch of ground morning glory and has been there for a LONG time. She usually hangs out with the
Read more…I'm seriously worried that she might have Mareks. Here's the scenario: up to early afternoon yesterday she was fine, came up to me for treats when I walked out the door. Turned on the mister which the 4 hens hung around a lot. At about 6 I noticed sh
Read more…We raised 3 chicks which we got last August. One died at the end of May and we lost another one today. We are definitely doing something wrong and it is a heartbreaking experience. I don't think we can get any other chickens right now, and I don't wa
Read more…Hi fellow Micro Livestock lovers-The Phoenix Permaculture Guild is putting out a call for help with our first annual Tour de Coops! This is a great opportunity to learn a lot more about keeping backyard poultry and see first hand how others are keepi
Read more…I'm going to be ordering some meat birds this fall and of course the more you get, the cheaper it is. I'll be doing the jumbo cornish cross that you can harvest in about 8 weeks. The price breakdown, including shipping, works out to about this, if we
Read more…This weekend is supposed to be in the 115 range. Your birds are not excited about this. Please make sure they have lots of shade and plenty of cool water to drink. Add some (open) frozen water bottles to their drinking water, also place one or two un
Read more…I just got a notice from neighborhood services regarding a complaint about our chickens. I have 3 small tiny bantams was quite surprised as we have verbally informed all our neighbors and they seemed all cool. Apparently not. I do have them free rang
Read more…We found our beloved Blitz dead today. She was fine last night when we put her to bed. She was one of three hens we had raised from chicks we had got this past August. This is their first summer. The coop is shaded by citrus trees and there is a drip
Read more…Here is the conundrum:When I only had 4 little 6-8 week old chicklets & they didn't have their coop delux yet, I took them out every morning & put them on the grass in a play pen/dog yard type thing with chicken wire all over the top & side. They lov
Read more…Has anyone had success in obtaining unsalable produce from your local grocer or farmer to supplement your livestock feed? I'm amazed at the volume that's wasted on a daily basis that I could put to use. That could feed poultry with any overflow getti
Read more…Yesterday after checking out their post on craigslist, I went up to the feedlot, which is pretty far for most of us at 19th ave and deer valley (2020 W. Adobe is the exact address) but man did they have a HUGE selection of breeds. The operation is ru
Read more…I have a 21 week Welsummer and I have been waiting patiently for her to lay her first egg. Where is it??? I have read that hens start laying anywhere from 16 to 24 weeks. I was wondering if anyone else has a Welsummer around the same age as mine. I a
Read more…I am trying the deep litter method and everything I read says the trick is to have it be very dry. So If you are planning on misting the chickens some in the summer does this mean you shouldn't use the deep litter method or is it so hot here it doesn
Read more…i have 3 New Hampshire red pullets i would like to sell. they are about 8 weeks old now and i will sell them for $5.00 each. if anyone is interested let me know
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