Recent content by wkyongae

Two weeks old first field trip

Agreed, but my wife feels better.

Agreed, but my wife feels better.

In a couple days I'll take some pictures and video them playing in the water. And I'll take some pictures as soon as my wife makes their brooder look presentable.

We have 21 Chinese brown goslings. They are one week old. They have imprinted to my wife and a little to me. I've read that they are not supposed to start swimming till a couple weeks old. But. seriously, give them a really big tote with two inches of warm water they absolutely love it. We've...

I now live west of Spokane Washington but I grew up on my parents farm in Ohio where they farmed over 200 acres raised over 100000 starter layer chickens and 240 sows and the finisher held over 1400 hogs. They had to soil test. My cousins had over 500 sow operation and finished the pigs and...

I wish there was more soil testing done on nice green yards. Especially for nitrogen run off from over watering. Large farms get tested for run off every year. Can't say a backyard chicken farm ever gets tested for run off or soil erosion caused by chickens.

Large farms 50 years ago used to be very polluting but now with the high cost of fertilizers and chemicals they aren't anymore. Farmers use very precise machines to apply these products. I am amazed when I see the equipment they use today on YouTube. Very high tech stuff. My Korean wife's mother...

I hope many that have been following this thread learn from his ten year, costly mistake. Always check first before proceding and check every so often to make sure you are still allowed.

Not really but it acts just like a law and can come with civil penilties provided you live within it jurisdiction. Just like HOAs their rules don't count either if you don't live there and sign the contract. That's called freedom.

Someone made a comment about years ago chickens being raised in town. Hum, if I go back fithty years ago to the town I grew up near no one had chickens in town. Chickens were considered lice carryers and rodent attractors. The only animal that might have been raised was the rabbit. Never...

Bonus question How many people who raise chickens also raise a garden? If not why not? If you do garden do you use the chicken manure? If not why not?

Where we live our greatest fear is someone buying land next to us and complaining about whatever. Even though we live on land zoned for livestock. It happens there has been many farms closed because of this. Years ago backyard farms were called hobby farms. Because they don't produce enough to...

Excellent comments and yes I do know where Enumclaw is. We used to live in Tumwater WA now we live west of Spokane WA on a twenty acre farm. I built the sixty by sixteen leentwo barn. And we are completely off grid living the retired life. We couldn't do what we do near or in town guineas are...

Could someone please explain why most backyard chicken growers put their chickens to the very back of their property next to their neighbors property? Just something I've noticed on YouTube.