My girls don't even hop chicken wire. My main concern is the neighbor dogs. We have several acres and I'm planning on fencing probably 2.5 of them. But I am concerned about the stupid neighbor dogs either hoping the fence or breaking it. Ironically 3 from one house were just here and tried going...
I'm not new to rural living, but I am new to neighbors who let their dogs roam. I have at least 3 neighbors where I currently live on several acres who let their large dogs roam free. Talking to them doesn't work and I'd rather not deal with the headache and drama of either shooting their dogs...
Thanks. I like to deal with things just between people, but my neighbor doesn't seem to give a crap. So, I'm probably going to have to call animal control too. The neighbor's dogs were on my property today less than 24 hr since my last interaction with my neighbor. Some how I don't think my...
Aynesidea, I know this thread is a little older, but your situation sounds like mine. I've got a neighbor near me who has tons of cats and multiple dogs that regularly run across several acres of her property and then several acres of my property to try to dig into our coop. I can't even let my...
My husband is considering taking a job in Missouri, but we are concerned about finding a place to butcher our chickens out there. We have been raising all our own chickens for several years and don't want to give that up since food shortages seem to be in the US's future. We don't really have...
So, I have been working on convincing my husband to let me raise chickens for years. We have ducks, but those are pets not food. Now that we live in the country the only thing keeping me back from getting chickens is knowing where to get them processed and how much it costs. I know we...
So, I have been working on convincing my husband to let me raise chickens for years. We have ducks, but those are pets not food. Now that we live in the country the only thing keeping me back from getting chickens is knowing where to get them processed and how much it costs. I know we...
Does anyone know of anywhere reputable that does a good job of processing chickens somewhere near the Columbus/Chillicothe area and how much they charge? What is it like when they process them? Is it just kill, pluck, and gut or do they cut it up, debone it, and flash freeze it? I'm wanting to...
I have a question that may sound like a dumb question, but I grew up in the suburbs where all our chickens came neatly packaged and the only livestock we had were four pet ducks. How do you preserve all your chicken meat? I'd love to have my own homegrown free range flock of chicken tenders...
It'll be a while before I could get any because I'm in the middle of selling my place and moving, but I do have a few questions for you. Can you sex day old ducklings? I'm in Ohio too. Do you allow pickups for the duckling so they don't have to be mailed? How much do you charge for them? How...