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Thinking of trying some unshelled buckwheat for my chickens. Anyone done this? I want to try whole seed buckwheat bc that's what i can store long term.

💔Second pekin we have lost. Our semi-crippled jumbo boy got horrific fly strike. Today, sudden seizure and our Blanchie was gone. Are they more short lived than other ducks???

I like the idea of 'dig deeper'. Im thinking of a 8x10 ovalish but digging down to a 4x6' wide 6' deep well in the center - with sharply angled walls (except for the entry) figuring the aerobic nasties will not get any contact and just do their own thing keeping the water column clean (ish)...

Are black sumatras more delicate chicks than other breeds? We got 3; 2 died the same night, one this morning (9 days old); very tiny chicks. The little angel who passed today (i really loved her) was eating, bright eyed but got tired quickly and was not much bigger than at day 1. Her sisters...

Our first broody. We got 7 chicks yesterday, two passed last night (both sumatras - they were pretty weak, our poultry folks said see if you can make it work; no go on those two but the last sumatra is doing fine). Two pencilled rocks and 2 speckled sussex. The sussex chicks are huge. Snuck...

WOOT 3 black sumatras 2 pencilled rocks 2 speckled sussex 😇😇😇 We just lost one of our very loved drakes on sunday 💔so this is a nice boost for the hoMestead

Our drake Butters was fine Saturday evening .. by sunday morning when i carried him to his pool he was covered in tiny hatching maggots. Millions. Millions. I used to be a vet tech snd have been around animals my whole life and NEVER seen anything like it. 😬 Looks like it started at his vent. I...

My one yr old JG hen has been broody x3 days. We are quite happy as i want to add some chicks and i prefer her to raise them. All has been fine, but today we noted she hopped into the paddock next to the chicken barn (she went about 20 feet from the nestbox). We said oh well, guess she's done...

A Pool Egg. It sat in the duck pool overnight. It turned into ... rubber duckie egg! (Tap for video)

My 4 girls are a great little group (1 swedish blue, 3 runners) but as of yesterday my neighbors have lost 2 of their 3 ducks to coon or possum ... after their dad with advanced dementia opened the coop at about 2 am 😟 and left the door open They asked if i can adopt their lonely girl -a pekin...

One of my JGs ended up with (mild thankfully) botulism (my fault!) at about 6 weeks old. She has since fully recovered after a lot of intensive TLC and is a stunning girl. Thankfully she fully trusts us after all that fuss. I read so often of an ill bird being pushed out, pecked, etc. My girls...

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