Neat story about a restaurant ordering a custom coop so their customers can have fresh eggs --- reported as a progression from organic veggies! *smile*
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-citycoop18-2009aug18,0,1964942.story
Please tell me that there is a problem with this link.. I'd just hate to find out that I am too stooooopid to correctly select a link!
Anyone willing to try and select "uploads" from the top bar and let me know if you have trouble getting to the uploads window?
Any thoughts on the new song written for the winner this year?
I think it deserves 5 out of 5 *ICKIES*
The WORST!!!!
Good competition and maybe others that watched the finale love the song???
I keep seeing a message about trying to load something called www.reviewum.net? It is getting hung on this - and then an ad shows up at the top left of the page - nothing else --
Anyone else having a slow response tonight? I checked google, other sites - and they are speedy - so I don't think...
Hello! I felt like showing off my chickens, and posted pics of them in the chick pic topic. I thought - why stop there? Here are some pics from my flower gardens! This is the 4th Spring for this garden. Mississippi weather, irrigation from the lake, and chicken manure seems to be working...
Just a few shots from my backyard over the past couple of days...
The magnificent 7! Ivy, Cloudy, Saffron, Strawberry, Gracie, Cinder, Poppy
and Broody Waiting... My Number 8 - Washmi!
Dirt baths are GOOOOOOODDDD!
Fun? Did I approve someone having fun??
Hey - do you see that...
Oh Debi Rayyyyyyymond!
How did the move go? Did the chickens make it OK? How many trips did it take to get them there? Do they like their new coop?
What happened with the dog that was under the house? Did you and your DH get it out from unver the house? Are ya kepping her? What...
This is the story of Poppy versus the Broccoli stem. To cut to the chase: A piece of broccoli stem got lodged in the area between her crop and her proventriculus and she developed very bad crop stasis, had surgery to remove the blockage and the gunk that backed up in her crop, and is all...
Interesting article re: keeping chickens in a backyard in Arlinton, MA - fighting against city hall and avian flu paranoia
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/25/not_coming_home_to_roost/
Hiya!
Fabulous place!
Wish list requests for your consideration -
1) I appreciate the ability to "delete multiple" PMs, and I am wondering if the future might might hold the ability to delete multiple uploaded images?
2) I admit it - I like to play with the animated gifs!! Finding a...
Hey - Fellow BYCers!
Just a quick story about a coupla chicken addicts -- I got in touch with jmhappycowboy who has an incubator, and asked him if we could make a deal-deal... I'll buy a few eggs,have them shipped to him to hatch, I'd get one pullet from the hatch, buy him some feed, and he...
Hello BYCers! Long ago, I raised mallards in Santa Barbara, CA - and it was easy -- fresh water in the kiddie pool each day and the temps never got too hot. Neighborhood kids would come over with bowls full of snails just to see the ducks chow down!
Now I live in the hot south, and we live...
Hey, BYCers!
I'm in need of advice on how large to make perches/roosting areas/pieces of wood for large hens. Let me know what you use -- how large or big around are your pieces of wood? How far off the bottom of the coop is the lowest perch? WHat spacing do you use between perches?
I...
Hey there, BYC friends!
My 5.5 month old cuckoo marans, Ivy, is having egg problems and I am hoping you might provide some insights/experiences/advice? I am wondering whether it is reasonable to let her try to lay another egg. Please forgive the long post!!! I wanted to provide relevant...
Watching them focus on *whatever* in the yard.. no way to explain it to those who don't understand the pleasure of their simplicity.. you BYC folks know what I mean, though, dontcha!?