Fantastic article!
Having just started a year ago, I've a couple questions, and if they're perfectly daft, then please forgive my ignorance.
Does one not coop their birds at any time?
If not, then how does one provide heat in the winter, and are eggs all over the place?
If so, is the solar...
Thank you!!! This is a really great site.
What I'm asking is how to purchase the hen ("iso" = in search of). I've a beautifully productive Pekin, but she's rubbish for nesting.
I don't want to spend tons of money on an incubator - so a hen seems the next logical choice.
Thank you for your...
Hi, tall,
I'm new to this, so if this post needs to be moved/removed, then please let me know.
Does anyone who has purchased a broody hen have advice for a noob like me? Like ANY ADVICE would be amazing.
We live in a teeny, tiny community, so using social media (and even craigslist) has proven...
Oh, yes! Forgive me if I made my parents seem neglectful of our birdies. That's not the case at all.
We've a chicken run that's 4×8 and covered on three sides with wire mesh.
The duckies have 16×8 with the same.
It would seem the raccoons are as wily as anything. They managed to climb up the...
I hate to cast an entire species into suspicion, but I really do think it's raccoons :barnie Mum (thankfully) decided to bed all of our birds in the commercial coop last night, and I saw THREE STINKING RACCOONS crawling around in the other pen. It was left open, so nbd, but ughhhhh!!
I offered...
Heya!
I'm Jess; I live in Indianapolis; and my mum's doing the backyard farm thing in Falls of Rough, Kentucky.
What?? You don't know where that is? No worries! The first time my dad drove me down here, I commented that it's about 20 minutes past all the good "murder you and chop up your body"...