chickens

Hello guys, this is my designs i made for chicken lovers, what you think of them?

Who has birds? How many? What breeds? Chickens, ducks, quail, guineas, turkeys, geese, peafowl, pheasants, pigeons/doves, anything!

Hey everyone! I have recently purchased 2 treat balls of amy horses, to use, while in there pasture. Since we can't ride all of them at he same time, it is a good boredom buster while they are waiting for there herd to return. I loved the design! It was perfect and the horses love them! The only...

I'm starting this thread for miscellaneous trivia that is pertinent to my management of my little bit of heaven. Hopefully, this will keep me from hijacking other folks threads with my trivia. Hubby and I purchased this 4+ acre parcel of land in Central Maine 42 years ago. We built our own...

I am in the process of renovating and repairing my main chicken coop. It is about 10 years old, and it needs some repairs made. My back wall is rotting out due the consistently wet weather we get. I failed to paint early on and I am paying the price for it now. However, it is minor and can be...

The topic comes up on occasion, so thought it would be nice to have a thread on it. Post pics, vids, articles and whatever comes to mind about how you cultivate or manage your deep litter. When most folks talk about deep litter it's often describing using a deep thickness of whatever bedding...

We culled one of our hens today along with four young roosters. ALL five birds came from the same people, but we got the hen last summer, and the roosters last night. We switched to Fermented Feed and free ranging at the end of October, so the hen has had 3 months of FF and free ranging. In case...

We culled one of our hens today along with four young roosters. ALL five birds came from the same people, but we got the hen last summer, and the roosters last night. We switched to Fermented Feed and free ranging at the end of October, so the hen has had 3 months of FF and free ranging. In...

Thought it would be nice to have a place to talk about our setups, our seasonal changes, post pics and plans for coops, for the never ending coop tweaks, etc. I have a hoop coop, so each year I do the biannual changing of the tarps, from shade to sun and back again. I also take the feed...

Hello. Would anyone please be so incredibly kind as to please do me a huge favor and send an email, with your name (you may use an alias!) and the subject ''VOTING HEIDI'S CHICKENS'' to '' VOTE@FLPERMACULTURECONVERGENCE.ORG '' You will be helping me win a grant to finally be able to get my...

Thought we should have a thread on butchering poultry so we can discuss different methods, how and when we do it, and how we process the meat for eating thereafter. Today I'm deboning the first batch of stewing hens that I butchered on Monday. The meat will be cut into bite sized pieces and...

I always discourage newbies to chickens from getting the production layer birds. Unless someone is experienced in poultry and practice regular culling of spent layers, they are a poor, poor choice, particularly if someone is wanting to have pet chickens. I know the high production is...

We are on our way home from our first Alabama trade show with 6 more chickens and a new pen. We spent a lot of time telling each other ,"no, we do not need/are not ready for a goat/kitten/puppy/pig/turkey/duck/violin/DVD player" (And no! @baymule, we really don't need pigs...yet! :lol:) We...

@Joel_BC @Britesea @Hinotori @baymule @Beekissed @crealbilly How wide are the roosts your chickens rest on at night? I read that chickens like to sleep at night flat-footed, but all the DIY roosts I've seen have 2x2 roost bars (including mine) would 2x4's be better? What's inside your roosts?

Hi All, I'm new here. I've bounced around the country but am now in Alabama. We're new to homesteading but not new to gardening. We just bought two acres and have pecan and black walnut trees, a fig tree, pear trees, an apple tree, wildly overgrown grape vines. Since October, we've added...

As many of us have such breeds or are contemplating them for future homesteading needs, I thought it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to them and folks who have them or breed them can contribute and teach us things. Here's one of the best vids I've seen lately on LGDs...just a simple...

Since I arrived back on this parcel of land, I've been trying to cultivate a richer pasture for the chickens. My Mom mows the place and she and Dad always scalped the land each time, their thinking is the shorter you mow, the less you have to mow. So, I had to change that thinking and finally...

Thought I better give equal service to my other homestead work partners, the wonderful predator and all around great mouser, the homestead or barn cat. Post about your cats here! For some years we didn't have a cat, as cats disappear out here in the country....while they are hunting, some...

Hi y'all! I am just now joining and I can't believe it. I have referred here in the past as I was researching things for a homestead and just kept going. Now we are a bit closer to being more self sufficient with goats, their milk and making cheese and candies from it, making our own bread...

The unsung hero of every farm and homestead, the multipurpose, courageous and loyal farm dog! Whether they be LGDs or just family dogs that work for a living, they spend each day keeping the land safe from intruders and predators, while also providing good and sweet companionship. I couldn't...