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sweet!

minnie, maybe I have a transgender pullet :)

mnbrew, it might not make sense if your coop is in the deep woods, but....I make a sun porch each fall out of haybales interspersed with old storm windows, covered with an old piece of plywood. Just set the wood or whatever top you can come up with on the bales, wedge the windows in , and it...

dogs have accounted for more than 90% of predator kills for me. I lose to the occasional hawk or owl, or fox, but....generally it is a dog. Head count came up short last night, missing a hen. Not sure whether the fox learned about chickens (almost hard to believe when it had a standoff with...

Hey!!!!! not good enough! how about a little more detail? been cooking any feasts lately? and your flock?

having my morning coffee on the porch at dawn, here comes a fox!!!!!prancing around, hunting rodents. apparently uninterested in the chicken yard. While the run is secure, the hens have access to a large garden area which is also fenced but nothing that would deter a fox. Yikes! first...

Thanks, Minnie. I was terribly disappointed - the very largest was under 5 lbs. and most were just a little over 4. I had broiler feed (mash from the local mill) in front of them 24/7 and they were 13 weeks old, supposedly ready for processing at 12 weeks. Not sure where I went wrong, they...

Hey, We took the red rangers up to brainerd to Nelson Shine processing, got them all back frozen in plastic bags. Anyone know if I need to brine them before cooking? Maybe thaw them and let them rest for a day or two? I hate to waste one trying to figure it out!

you want Minnie! see her post above and you can pm her. she usually checks on here every few days or so....

yeah, i put a bunch of pans out with water for the red rangers and the pans were crowded with chicks standing in the water. Tied the bedsheets (that I keep for covering crops when there is an early frost) to the fence as improvised tarps to create more shade. Thank goodness it has been...

cottonlouie, hope the eggs are ok. briefly - like less than 30 minutes?

I lost two apple trees just planted this spring - to deer, though, not the storms. Very first night, before I could get up protective fencing, the deer chomped them down. That was a waste of 75$ and the time to find them and bring them home and plant them. I can whine pretty good, right...

minnie, hope the mess is done with from the storms. I had some trees down and stuff blown around, but amazingly, the tarps on the hoop coop with the 4 week old red rangers stayed on! skipping kayaking this morning to get some stuff done in the garden. Been picking pie cherries (enough for a...

oh no! I am so sorry to hear that. Hope you got the whole coon family with the boom stick.

minniechickmama, that really stinks! I've never had a problem with the feral cats, but then a silkie might be a different story for a cat. Made a mistake at fleet farm, saw their garden stuff was half price and ended up with some cabbage, squash and pumpkins to replace what got eaten in...

its that time of year - woodchuck moved in under the shed, hens turning broody if you look at them crosseyed, strawberries ripening, baby bunnies everywhere - where the heck are the hawks and owls? the 25 red ranger chicks are almost a month old, cute as the dickens and I have to keep...

well, after mentioning the bear, she came back at 3 am this morning, and mother of all, she is huge! Didn't care at all about me yelling or banging things, but a phone ring tone got her moving. She took one of the feeders and romped off into the field, sort of low growling or else moaning...

everyone must be out with their chickens....and gardens....and graduation parties.....and....hey, where are you all? Minnesotanice, bears pass through here, sometimes often enough that I have to take down the feeders each night. But the last 2 years bears have been scarce. Hope all is...

I dose corid via water, so no injections. And it is an unusual drug, as there is no withdrawal time for eggs or meat! Minniechickiemama is right, almost everything has a withdrawal time, and there are lots of meds you just can't give to meat birds. had a bear last night - didn't even...

The red rangers came from the feed store, I think it was hoover hatchery. You know, one day you see a dropping that looks a little questionable, the next you see more and you are sure! But after starting them on corid, I haen't seen any more droppings and they all seem to be fine. I can't...