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So we went to TSC and they had a bunch of discounted chicks for sale. We picked some up and, with our consent and for free, they threw in a CX chick with one janky leg. I'm talking something is deeply wrong with the joints and makes it stick out almost completely sideways. It won't bend down in...

Hi folks! I'm looking for suggestions on the best chicken plucker for handling small batches of chickens that comes either as a COMPLETE easy to assemble kit, or completely pre-assembled. I would be looking to do extra cockerels, retired hens and extra big Cornish crosses in it, so should...

Ok, so, every year I have me a nice holiday party for Yule. While I'm not, I have several friends who are vegetarian/vegan/pescatarian etc. and a few people who have lactose intolerance. These friends attend my party of course. Every year I make one or two meat main courses and a vegan or...

Hello everyone! I finally, after a stupid amount of time, have a new puppy in my house. An 18 week aussie shepherd we've dubbed Hermes. His adoption situation reeked of first dog - we adopted him from a couple off of craigslist who bought him from a breeder at 10 weeks and seemed overwhelmed...

Hello. I have a post I reported and wanted to check on the status of it or send a message about it. If the post was not against the rules, I would like to post something similar so I wanted to know about it. I don't know how to find the moderator for a specific forum and I don't know how to...

Hello! I have recently had a problem with blight spotting my san marzano paste tomatoes to death. I presume it's a combo of early and late blight. I live in an extremely wet climate. We get near-rainforest levels of precipitation each year and my area in particular is former swampland... So you...

Hi. So I am helping a friend nurse a very injured chicken well. She was attacked by a hawk but managed to live through it but with severe injuries. They spooked the hawk away mid-attack but she was wounded and had a leg caught under the fence. So here's the information. Chicken is a smaller...

Hello, I just had a broody sit nicely on 12 eggs until hatch. The eggs were not shipped and came from mixed hens, each hen except one 2.5 years old or younger and each has been laying for at least six-to-eight weeks. They were under under a 4.5 year old rooster (so I know he's getting up there...

I recently experienced a situation that I'm not sure how pans out. I recently was on a topic where I posted some comments. I got several generous likes from people I appreciate in the community but my disagreement with the OP's opinions I believe caused them to block me (or in any case I can no...

Are there any automatic pop door closers only that can be set on a timer instead of having a sunlight sensor? I have no problem letting my chickens out in the morning, but I find I'm not always home to close it at night and if I'm not on time we have a raccoon in the area and, well, you all know...

I've been trying to add people to my block list and I can't. I cleared my whole browsing history and cache. I am running windows 10 and google chrome. When I click on the block member button it comes up with the window but does not add the member to my blocked list. Like so, this window...

Hello! I thought I'd do a semi-journal thread with regular updates where I can tell people how *I* raise a healthy cornish cross and to dispel some myths. I hear a lot about how fragile and unhealthy they are when classically raised. But the classic way of raising meat birds is the same way that...

Easter Egger Hatching Eggs, $1.50 each or $1.20 each for 10 or more eggs Available as long as local weather holds above 40*F. Hello. Now that it is warm again, I am opening orders for my easter egger hatching eggs again. Flock is a non-hatchery Wheaten Ameraucana Rooster (deep blue eggs) over...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/us/styrofoam-eating-mealworms-plastic-waste/index.html So this is a neat article that might allow us to turn plastic bags into wax worms and Styrofoam into mealworms. For the tl;dr in us, mealworms have special gut bacteria that break down the plastics in...

Easter Egger Hatching Eggs, $1.25 each or $10 for 10 ($1.00 each for 10 or more) Available as long as weather holds above 40*F. Flock is a non-hatchery Wheaten Ameraucana Rooster (deep blue eggs) over BBS Ameraucana hens (blue eggs), Golden Buffs (brown eggs), Easter Eggers (green eggs), a...

Hello! I am shifting the focus of my rabbitry and have for sale five adult New Zealand White meat rabbits. I am cutting back from three breeds to two and removing New Zealands from my rabbitry. These are good quality production rabbits, purebred, no pedigrees (partial peds available for some). I...

So my roo wears a no-crow collar (not making that mistake again) and he got it caught on something and was choking. I don't know how long his airway was restricted for, but it wasn't totally restricted. He had very little color in his face and the tip end of his comb seemed to be turning blue...

Thanks so much folks for helping me out! I no longer have eggs available as I am booked until the snow comes in a week or so! I no longer have eggs available! Sorry! I am looking for people interested in doing test hatches for my new rooster. I set seven in my brinsea mini adv and all were...

Hi! I am looking for some good DP chickens already in lay. I know it is a bit of a tall order but if you could let me know Id be delighted. Looking for breeds like Plymouth rocks (white barred etc), Delawares, Jersey giants, buckeyes, cornish, australorps, dorkings, orpingtons etc. Looking for...

New Zealand White Rabbits for sale in Cleveland Ohio, east side. Kits available from our rabbitry throughout the year. Very well bred rabbits, quality genetics, sold at 6 weeks old and up to 12 weeks old. High production animals, 6-9 kit litters, high growth rates and excellent dressage...