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I grew up on a farm and we did a lot of pickling and canning but we never had to deal with 13" long cucumbers. This is exactly what a neighbor gave to another neighbor who passed them on to me because he didn't know what to do with them. Well, they aren't exactly pickling cucumbers but I can't...

There may be a lot of people who will disagree with me but some of the most ridiculous statements I've ever heard regarding horse training and behavior has come from the Parellis. I don't understand how anyone so far off base on a number of accounts can become so popular. First statement...

They're very rare in horses, but this site gets so much traffic, I thought I'd give it a shot. I've already called in two vets. One completely missed the diagnosis, and the other is more knowledgeable but seems to only have only limited experience. Does anyone have any experience in dealing with...

I don't know what to make of this. At first I thought the sound was dubbed in but you can see the motions of the crowing.

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Sometimes I wonder if she's not from this world. She somehow found the small round ventilation hole at the top of the chicken house. It's just the right size for a small bantam to fit through. Accessing would require flying up to the lowest level, walking up the roof and to the peak about 20'...

Is anyone else having this trouble or knows what is going on with mine? I can't read or send messages. Not that I use Facebook that often but a lot of other people do. The page loads normally and freezes after 1-2 seconds and remains that way. I tried IE and Firefox. Same thing happens.

I didn't see it happen myself, but today I heard the account of what happened from several people who witnessed it from next door. A young fox came through yesterday and grabbed my 6 month old Madagascar pullet. They told me she walked right up to the fox, never struggled or made a sound when it...

I've raked leaves for my entire life because I was taught to and always felt it was the thing to do. The past couple of years, however, I've skipped doing it and was amazed how quickly they all decompose and return to the soil. For those with neighbors who get all bent out of shape if the leaves...

Are there any breeds other than cochin bantams in the UK that are lavender cuckoo?

I was working at my desk when I suddenly heard screams of terror coming from my chickens that free range in my garden. One rooster, in full panic mode was up on my porch, slamming himself against the door. It could only have meant ONE thing...Predator! I grabbed my .22 and ran out the door...

I've got a six month old stag and pullet free ranging in my garden that are allowing themselves to be chased off by an Ameraucana rooster. He shows up in the garden after being chased off by his own flock. He's at the very bottom of the pecking order, yet the Madagascar games won't even try to...

While they are BOTH my flocks, I can't figure out why one rooster is going way out of his territory to hit on the other hens. I didn't even realize he was doing this until I hatched some eggs from my purebred Ameraucana flock. The chicks are stamped with his comb type and they don't have...

I'm assisting a silkied Ameraucana chick out of the egg (these particular eggs are problematic). As soon as I started peeling back the membrane, I hit this thick layer of pale yellow powder. Lots of it. The chick appears to be healthy from what I can see of it. The powder is on the inside of the...

I went food shopping a few days ago and the Halloween candy was out! What the heck? I used to see them out on the shelves towards the end of August but never this early. The thought of a three month candy bar doesn't turn me on but I supposed people will buy some of the candy before Halloween...

This is on a Wyandotte cross rooster. It's like one big fleshy blob. Wide as it's long. Not a walnut comb.

And what are their breeds, ages and genders? This has to be something that you've seen one of your own chickens do, not something you've seen on YouTube or whatever. This would have to be my six month old Madagascar games (pullet and cockerel). They have deductive reasoning capabilities that...

I have a small flock of about 20 chickens and once in a great while I will let them set eggs and hatch out a few chicks. Most of my chickens die of old age except for when I have too many roosters and they spend more time battling and knocking each other off of the hens than doing anything else...

I have had fox attacks on and off and through the years, with sometimes years passing by in between them. The worst attack of all took place a couple of weeks ago. I had been setting a trap every night and finally got a huge female last night. I am sure it was the same one that attacked my...

I have a few questions. My mom was a Swede but she passed away many years ago and I have forgotten much of what she had taught me in Swedish. Her family raised Swedish Ardennais horses so I began sculpting a stallion that will be cast in resin. I am getting to the finishing stage now and I am...