Recent content by EddieSalita

Check it every day with the egg collection. I have two smaller drinkers I swap each day when its hot. I also have a larger heavier drinker as a backup for really hot weather just in case the small one fails, gets knocked over etc.... the big one goes a week before it looks dirty. They will...

I love my chickens too 🥰

Until now they have been thriving? So they aren't thriving now or are you panicking?

Indeed. I didn't say offspring. As natj points out...... I said FERTILE offspring. Fertile is absolutely the key word overlooked. "Species A species is often defined as a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring. However, the classification...

We get them every year. I'm yet to work out a way of trapping them in numbers. Girls go nuts for em. I've even tried putting a speaker in a bucket 😅. Didn't work.

Unfortunately I'm in a different country, and bit of a chic,en breeding noob. But id love to have a go now im able there is a hatchery here that has several sex link hybrids developed for the hobby farm/free range egg laying industry. the 3 are: -red layer heritage: Rhode Island Red...

Not quite sure how to title this. I'm after experiences people have had with heritage breeds that reliably lay for more years. Productivity isn't particularly important. I'm sure many chicken lovers with no desire to eat their chickens and who have decent sized free range areas would like to...

Personally I would love to have a breed that layer 150 eggs a year for 5+ years. Then the occasional egg after that while retiring in dignity teaching the new generation all the tricks. The feed demands would be lower. Their foraging would be more productive. I'd happily have twice as many semi...

A mule can't really be considered it's own species. It's capable of mating. But it's infertile. A broiler may not even fit into the category of capable of mating. Because you say it's such an abomination. The geneticists behind these birds would know if the chromosome count, eggs and sperm are...

To some of us old farts who follow older definitions, if they can reproduce and create fertile offspring they are the same species. 😄 Species name vs genus name. Sub species is the term we used to use for variations within species. Dogs are a good example. Wolves and dogs can create fertile...

Permethrin is very highly toxic to fish. Very very. Also to cats. Wholesale killing insect life in your whole yard isn't the ideal option. You're going to kill a multitude of things the chickens like to eat. No to mention all kinds of potentially good bugs. A borax based bait station may be...

Pull your head in Mate I'm Australian. Do you know which areas in Australia are subject to ground frost? Didn't think so. It's the last thing any Aussie would ever think of. Did you look at MY location before attempting to chastise me? You didn't did you. No doubt you are thoroughly...

Fair enough. That isn't something I have experience with. Maybe some weep openings or a aggregate drain could fix that issue?

Mine love loose leaf types. But iceberg is yuk apparently. What is with the worms thing? Mine have the same quirk. They like toddlers with knives and forks. 🤣

Ahh.... you're using a builder. He will understand what I mean. They sound like fairly small rocks. They may not be a problem for a post hole boring machine.