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Receiving an error message when trying to access posts ... Swept maybe an inch of snow off the back steps and it is still too early for a second breakfast. Plant starts don't need water and are in some daylight. Seed company hasn’t replied as to why they only sent 1/4 of my order for new...

The sister sites are down? TEG website loaded very slowly earlier today. Now, not at all. Am I being too impatient? Turn off - wait 20 seconds - restart? Steve

SufficientSelf.com BackYardHerds.com TheEasyGarden.com All are down. :/ Steve

Website is down? I don't find away to access and since the sprinklers are on out in my really garden, I've had a few hours to try to get on TEG. Any announcements on The Easy Garden status? Steve

ThrEasyGarden, BackYardHerds, and SufficientSelf -- I get the same message, "An unexpected database error occurred. Please try again later." Let's see, it's been 3 hours. My internet connection has been a little shaky this morning but other websites, including BYC, have come through ... Can...

Has that long-expected change to a new format begun? My browser doesn't seem to be having any problems going elsewhere but I cannot access TEG the last several hours this morning. Does anyone know? Steve

I didn't find a link to this information after doing a search on BYC. Best as I can see, Montana State University made it available on the internet a little over a year ago. It looks like it may be of use to folks wanting to make their own feed and seems a very sensible publication, from 1939...

This is one of the most useful sources of information on feeding chickens that I know of. Alabama Cooperative Extension, Nutrition for Backyard Chicken Flocks "During summer, feed consumption tends to decrease as environmental temperature increases, so protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals...

Questions often come up on this forum about feeding whole grains. I've just come across some information from the University of Kentucky on feeding 11 different whole grains to poultry and want to share it . An important link on the UK webpage is the very first one under the General...

DW baked oatmeal raisin cookies today and that reminded me of something . Some time ago I asked myself, "Self, if the hens were fed people food instead of chicken food, how much would they require each day." I decided not to go thru my entire menu for a month but just take a couple of items...

Let's start with the South: Auburn University professors (of Agronomy, Veterinary Science, & Botany) provide a nice booklet with color photographs of various (mostly wild) plants that cause problems for livestock. It is a 56 page pdf and I've simply saved it to my hard drive. However, it would...

This is news that bears repeating from the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (5 page pdf) "In April 2000, acute lead poisoning was diagnosed in a laying hen (blood lead = 1,500 ppb) from a small farm in northeast Iowa. This chicken showed clinical signs indicative of central...

We have just passed the equinox and are continuing the steady loss of daylight hours in the northern hemisphere. I live where there are hills both to the east and west so it isn't really 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness this week. Last year, I posted a list of cities] with their...

I have a sick chicken. Yvonne is nearly 1 year old and has been a good-looking Australorp right up to a few days ago. In fact, I was thinking that she was putting on weight and looking a little larger than her Aussie sister lately. Two days ago, I noticed that she was staying by herself more...

The same people that make Calf Manna make a chick starter. It makes me wonder if folks sometimes feed milk replacer to chickens. A milk protein should make a suitable substitute for soymeal or fishmeal in a ration but I don't really know how closely milk replacer equals casein. And, some...

I would like to know what experiences folks have had with Phinney Hatchery in Southeast Washington and Dunlap Hatchery in Southern Idaho. They aren't too far from me. Does Phinney have a website? . . . catalog? Dunlap's website is here. Orders are only taken over the phone & by fax but it is...

The hens changed the amount of feed they consumed yesterday, apparently, just because of a little sunshine & warmth. After over 2 weeks without a single minute above freezing, it made it up to 37°F yesterday afternoon. Mostly, the weather hasn't been very cold this month but day after day of...

I'm particularly interested in the size and availability of the various Plymouth Rock varieties. I think it would be fun to have a productive, dual-purpose flock with color as the only variable. Concerns: 1. The White Rocks are used as a parent for Cornish X's. Are they larger than the others...

. . . and how quickly. A week ago today, there had been 1 snow shoveling/driving/cussing experience so far in 'o8. Actually, I waited the first snow out and it melted before I got out there but the 2nd one - there was no choice. Temperatures had been sub-zero but I'd gotten off easy to that...

I measured the amount of food my chickens were eating back on a day when the average daily temperature was 35°, then it got much colder. And, it is obvious that they are really "chowing down" lately. At 35°, each hen was eating 5 ounces (142 grams) of their commercial feed. It's easy for me to...