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A bit of a ride for you- but Dr Stephen Dyer is board certified in avian medicine and is excellent with chickens. I have had the pleasure of working for him as a veterinary technician and recently brought one of my own hens to see him. He is wonderful. Currently works at Northpaws Veterinary...

FYI - was just at my local tractor supply store… They got a shipment of chicks in that was unexpected… So they have lots! -barred rocks -buff Orpington -black Australorp -Cornish rock -red broiler -Asia black -lots of bantams they also got in a shipment of khaki Campbell ducklings… That...

Why are you against going online? I custom built my flock from chickensforbackyards.com....they let you do small orders...and you can even pay a little extra to have them sexed. If you go to TSC- you may end up with several roosters. You can also pick a ship date- they contact you 48 hours...

I can't help with the goat stuff even though I raised them when I was younger...never had a vet come out. Tufts offers an ambulatory service, and some practices are "mixed" so they will see large animals. They usually charge a farm call- which is why horse people would share a visit and have...

I use shavings in the coop- I scoop poop out with a cat litter scoop daily, and do a full change about every 2 weeks. In the run I use sand- love it.

FYI ..., this is at VCA Southshore in Weymouth ...

Check here.... My sister gets supplies here and they have upcoming chicks... http://sweetmeadowfeedandgrain.com/events

My sister did...she lives in Needham. They do not allow backyard chickens. She had to go in front of the town board...do a lot of paperwork, pay a couple hundred dollars, show her coop plans, and be open to random inspections by the ACO or inspector. She also had neighbors try and petition to...

I saw several on Craigslist......

We checked out his coops too before we settle on coops-for-a-cause....We initially had planned for our big, fat, pekin ducks to use the coop too...and the coops from the guy in E Brookfield all seemed too high for them without enough inside space for them and the hens. . As it is, our coop is...

Sorry I just saw your reply.... I got the 4x6 for 5 hens and 2 ducks theoretically.....but my ducks do not use the coop. It is not insulated. We got an attached run too....I think t's the 8 x 4...I want to say the grand total was around $1200....we upgraded to hardware cloth, had a working...

I do not know much about Silkies, but other members have remarked that they are more cold-hardy than you would think. As far as the bantams- my sister has them (pets/eggs for her toddler son). She ordered the bantam assortment from Chickens for Backyards. She got a beautiful assortment of...

Yup! My run is flooded...I am really hoping it drains by tomorrow. Ugh. But I was happy I was able to remove the previously-frozen-solid-hay-poop-ice-mounds that my ducks had created before that happened. So flooded- but at least it was just over the sand and not poopy water.

Anyone doing anything special for the subzero temps this weekend?? Of course I am a nervous wreck since the coldest night I have had to deal with so far has been 8 degrees (according to my thermometer). Debating adding a ceramic bulb to my coop....not to warm it but to keep it reasonable (it has...

Phew! Mine did fine. It's my first winter with birds- and this was my first single-digit night. I got up just before sunrise and threw on boots and a jacket and ran out to check….what a relief to hear my 2 ducks quacking away and the hens just stirring. Looked like my ducks had slept around the...

Is anyone doing anything differently for the single-digit weather we have coming tomorrow night? I am keeping my feather-picked hen in my basement because I think she has too many bare spots….but otherwise hoping my 2 ducks will be fine under the coop, and my 5 hens will be fine inside it with...

I'm still trying to perfect the water thing. Having 2 pekin ducks in with my chickens (they live below the coop in a winterized section) and they all have access to the run. But of course the ducks are messy with the water. Right now I have a fortflex black rubber bucket placed inside of a...

Just saying hello to other MA people…I am in Millbury (south of Worcester). Very worried about my first winter with my birds and super worried about the week I am away on vacation around Christmas (pet sitter coming 1x day) Curious to see how other people did during last year's **HORRID* winter.