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I would not dream of sending them into a foxtail infested field - the plan is to get them to eat it all winter (since it starts out as lovely grass) so we don't have anything going to seed in late spring. The horses keep their paddocks so short nothing has a chance until we take them off it -...

We are surrounded by high deer fencing on 3 sides, the remaining side has a simple farm fence and it seems just recently deer have started jumping it, so we will be putting in a higher welded wire fence soon. We see coyotes sometimes but they usually keep away, we also have foxes and once in...

Would it be a good idea for me to get a few sheep to help us comply with fire safety regulations? We have 3 1/4 acres, maybe 2 1/2 of those need mowing in the spring (Sonoma County). So far I have always done as much as I could myself, with a scythe, to compost and then called in some help with...

You can set up the brooders right next to each other and hang the lamp at one end right in the middle so you have a half circle of light in each.If you have a 250 W lamp and the brooder sides aren't too high that should work in a pinch - definitely better than wet chicks or chicks in wet...

I think your life will be much easier and your chicks safer if you set up separate brooders. It won't take a lot more space because each brooder can be a bit smaller. But - as you have noticed - ducklings makebtoo much of a wet mess for chicks and you'll end up cleaning them up all the time and...

I don't know which hen it is, so I can't single just that one out to treat and I can't give everyone antibiotics... plus as far as I know the antibiotics are just a temporary fix but the underlying issue will remain. No, they never get table scraps at all. There are probably some leftover wilted...

Hello! new member transplant from BYC here. Currently 12 hens. Chicken keeper in Sonoma County since spring 2016. Hopefully will add some sheep or goats in the future!

Thanks for the virtual hug. It is distressing... Yes, I hope the safeguard will do the trick - I have done a lot of research on what would be best for us. Seems the hens that looked a bit pale are getting back more color already (we are on day 2). One especially was worrying me with looking...

They get Scratch and Peck grower, plus some mealworms, BOSS and cracked corn for treats in the mornings. Weeds from the garden, occasionally leftover produce and whatever they pick up when they free range. I don't usually add anything to their water. And they have plenty of oyster shell, free...

So.... I found a tiny egg in the nest box the other day. Then today an even smaller one on the droppings board and a big splotch of poopy yolky stuff. Not cooked looking but I am afraid this means I have (another) hen with peritonitis in the making... I just lost a hen a few weeks ago to what I...