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it should be fine. Free ranging hens is such a joy and a pleasure to watch. free-ranging does come with its risks, but if you are vigilant enough and close your birds in a coop at night it should be fine. If your backyard is fenced in then you don't gotta worry about wanderers here because...

I heard they taste good when deep fried and slabbed with lemon and a side of onion

I let mine out in a big planted pen during the day time and I put them in their coop at night. I haven’t constructed a new coop yet, so my quail uses the pullet grow-out coop for now. I might place a floor coop inside their pen so that they can be herded in and locked up at night.

Has anybody here had a Coturnix live for more than 2 years? I need a breeding+harvesting routine for these birds. Should I keep late-summer eggs under a broody hen and cull the older adults after winter to make room for the new generation? Or can the adults stay around for longer? At what age...

They look super happy. Got a nice clean coop, and fresh clovers. They may reward you with eggs soon! RIRs and barred rocks are champion layers.

Google up "sudden chicken death syndrome" It's epidemic for broiler breeds. Some people say that it may be triggered by high carbohydrate intake, but most of the causes are unknown. It is a cardiac-related illness, so exercise, diet, sunlight should play a factor in this...

Hey, welcome to byc Beautiful chickens!

welcome to byc!

A flat pot of mint and a flat pot of grass-seed (or millet) can show to be fast-growing and good ground cover for them to forage. Try lettuce and other fast-growers as well. Dinosaur kale grows big and can provide some cover. keep in mind that some chickens are plant-eating machines and they...

periwinkle has a chemical called vincristine, if that's not available then it can be substituted by another chemical, lycopene. Lycopene is found in mature watermelon, carrots, and tomatoes (red-orange). You could try to add one of those in as replacement to the periwinkle plant. I also...

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that's perfect !

Four OEGB bantam chicks - they're like a gang so I want them to have similar catchy names. I haven't been able to think of any so far..

wash it off with lukewarm water after 10 mins and then reapply a new mixture with the same ingredients but without aloe vera. Or you could try not using aloe vera at all (its much better if you do, however). aloe vera can be harmful if left on skin for a long time. Those plants are really...