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My old neighbors didn't know I had chickens for almost the first year that I had them. It wasn't until I started passing out the extra eggs that they knew. My birds never made enough noise to disturb anyone. Any roos I had were sorted out before they got very loud. Come to think of it I think...

I lived for three years with an undercover flock. All of my neighbors were happy to accept the free eggs in exchange for silence. It was an uncomfortable situation knowing that someone could pick up the phone and I could end up getting fined. I kept my flock to hens and no more than one roo at a...

About 45 days ago I purchased some goose eggs for my broody goose Lucy. She sat on the eggs and only took breaks from the nest to steal duck eggs to add to her nest. Unfortunately none of the goose eggs made it to hatch. Now Lucy doesn't want to quit sitting on the nest. I finally blocked her...

Our poor chicken a few weeks ago, got her leg stuck, and our 15 year old son forgot to tell us for a few days. She has no obvious fractures or swelling but doesn't bear weight on the leg, with no movement below the elbow. She cannot survive with our setup but is temporaily segregated from the...

I get recycled cartons from friends, family, and neighbors. I get new cartons from a local farm and feed store.

I have been filling my ducks kiddie pool up only half way and the chickens have started wading in it this past weekend. I had thought about getting them a fan and a mist hose to keep them cooled off, but I don't want to make mud. The have found a lot of nice cool dirt to lay in and I now have a...

All of my chickens do the same thing with self segregation by breed. Even when I put my pullets in with my hens the pullets still group by breed and the hens seem more tolerant towards their own breed. I have also noticed that my ducks and the turkeys do the same thing. They all get along fine...

We use a live capoture cage with the floor trigger. I load it with a piece of chicken since that's what they are after out here. We have caught several feral cats from the neighbor and one opossum. I had the same thing happen with three of my ducks back in November. I think racoons initailly got...

The cake looked awesome for about an hour. It tasted great too. I should have shared more of it with the birthday boy ... but it was too good.

Quote: I will second you on this one, Yessur Ebob, give "the buddy" one chance to get it done soon or you'll have to take care of it your way.

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I use a sharpie