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Well after almost a year of city living I'm good for the rest of my life. After having lost my Farm in Effingham NH to the bank the cold and the heating cost I will be back on the farm here in Stanford Kentucky. I''l have 9 acres in total, up from 1. 3 acres is fenced in and 4.5 is rolling...

www.chickenfestival.com in London Kentucky. i knew i moved to this state for more than just the weather LOL last day is today

My goat Mabel is close to birthing but I can't tell how close. The tendons at the back end are no "squishy" yet, her udders are very bloated, and in the last few days i've noticed a little bit of brownish discharge coming from her vaginal area. She seems to be isolating herself a bit from the...

Last summer a tourist left 3 RIR's and 1 Ameraucana (pepper) with me as he couldnt bring them back to the city he lived in. One is an Ameraucana that lays brown eggs. Is she not a purebred or is she just lacking the gene to lay colored eggs. I'm not complaining as she regularly lays double yolk...

My 3 yr old Angora "Rasta Goat" and My 8yr old pygmy "Mamma Goat" produced 3 kids born today . 2 males, 1 Female, if my "quick check" was right. Momma is a usually very docile but she she'd a bit offish when I picked them up so i made it fast. All 3 have very nice white coats with their dad's...

I have a question about goat birthing. I have a pygmy doe that gave birth back at the end of july and it was easier to tell when she was going to give birth than the Nubian/Saanen doe that seems to be ready to give birth now. the Pygmy got huge, i could feel a head or a butt when i checked her...

I have 2 coops and hens in each, the ones in coop #1 know where home is and the hens in coop # are younger, they will be ready to free range soon. If I let all the birds out will all know which of the 2 coops they came from?

After taking in 5 chicks given to me i had a delema, they were about 7 months old and my current coop was designed for 12 max cap current seat is 11. I needed another coop fast so off to cheapo depot for lumber and such. then a few trips to the local lumber guy for additional supplys. My wife...

I was looking at the coop designs and came across a few where the pictures w're non-existant. I lost a lot of pictures on photobuck after then did some kind of "upgrade" to their site Farmer Mack

Well I've identified the breed of 4 of my new ladies. these are pictures of them at 6 months old. They have been at my house for four days and are finally getting used to me "the bringer of food and goodies" The white and gold one is the only breed unidentified. 3 are RI's, 1 is a black and...

I could use some help in identifying the breed of these 5 orphan chickens. The black and white one supposedly lays blue eggs. The were given to me yesterday by a man from Mass. as he was heading home and couldn't take them with him. He had bought them so his grandkids could raise some chicks...

Lately my girls have stopped producing their regular 8 eggs a day. I havent changed feed scratch or any of the other factors yet I went from 8 eggs a day from my 11 ladies to half that amount. It has been hotter than normal for them could this be a factor? I have always regularly added oyster...

Well I finally decided on what to do for nesting boes. I had one tidy cat container. And since I decided liter at 12.50 and a container wasnt in my budget and needed 2 additional spots available for the 11 ladies. I made the following 2 seat nesting box removable . I started with a 16X24 wooden...

Today my neighbor brought over his 6 yr old female Nubian to Join Mamma goat (the 8yr. pigmy) and the 2 year old male Angora. After the Angora and the Nubie butted head a bit he backed off and Mamma and Nubie went at it for a bit. The youtube video is of the first head butting session. I...

Well after one of my Barreds wandered out front of my house it seems to have developed a limp. I checked the leg that it is favoring but only found a light red spot on the bottom of it's foot if it was a human i would say it got a stone bruise on the ball of it foot. Anything i can do for it or...

Well I decided today was the day to let the ladies out. So I popped the hatch and lowered the ramp. It took the shake of the sratch container to get a few curious heads to pop out the hatch way. The first one out was the largest barred Heather after that they all came out except the two cochins...

I went out my coop today to find 6 eggs 3 in a nest box and 3 on the floor nearby the box. Got these 11 ladies on Oct 24 2007 none died over the winter

Well I moved the girls into their new home and out of my living room today. My wife says I'll be out there all the time, I said and your point doll LOL. here is a slide show of them checking out the new expanded area. One already figured out the roost area, the first one up the ladder was the...

Ok I've search long enough so I'll ask. What is the proper use of DE in a chickens diet. Can they eat to much? The reason I ask is because I received my supply of DE from www.Freshwaterorganics.com and sprinkled some in the oversized brood box with a run and the ladies started stratching and...