I do use a Brinsea heater, but have found that I can not use them at this time of year in my insulated garage, only in the basement/house. The chicks cannot get warm enough with just direct contact to the plate, when the temps around them are 55 degrees or lower. I've lost many chicks because...
Oh no! I am sorry for your loss, Coffee! I think you have had your fair share of chicken stress lately. It is too bad the neighbor didn't inform you when it was happening, but maybe he was scared to take on the hawk. lol
We have the unexpected baby goat! Its been quite a learning exoerience and it is still touch and go with the little one. I do not recommend having a baby goat this time a year!
You should start collecting goats, and they are so cute that Judy can't help but fall in love. Just don't bring a stinky Billie home or you may find yourself living with it!
My week has been crazy, just crazy! So as some of you may remember, we got two young Nigerian Dwarf kids in August (a doeling and her whether brother). They were born the middle of April and have been so much fun to have. We really enjoy them. This is a picture from in August. Duchess and...
It is a ruffed grouse. It had its feathers pulled in very tight as it sat up there trying to be invisible. At one point, it had backup on the branch closer to the trunk of the tree and it poofed it feathers out and looked like it should. You can only see the underside of the thing and a bit...
Drea07 - I agree with Ralphie and Minnie that it could be a coon or weasel, but I am not an expert. My predator experience so far has only been raccoon and fisher The raccoon killed it and tried to eat in through the fence. Fisher killed them, carried full grown heritage size Orpingtons over...
He/She came to visit an unused chicken coop pen today. Flushed it up as I was walking into the old attached coop to clean it. It sat in a fir tree the entire 1 1/2 hours as I was cleaning out the coop as our two dogs roamed and rustled beneath him. Must have found some goodies to eat in the...