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This is a copy of a PM exchange which recently occurred between several members, and which they agreed to share on the forum. How long is Pox contagious in the soil ? nikki_r5 Jan 31, 2015 at 5:05 pm How long is Pox contagious in the soil ? BYC states that the cause is a virus from...

My setup is a 5'x5' broody pen inside a dirt floor coop. The pen has a people door with a 2x4 across the bottom, and the walls are a strong chicken wire, 6' tall. This morning I found mama and babies outside their pen, in the coop, along with #2 roo and 4 or 5 other hens. All was peaceful. I...

Does anyone eat them? Does an 80 lb. boar hog taste decent? Are there ways to make it taste better?

We have shared a household for over 30 years. My 33 year old son calls her his Aunt, and is much closer to her than he is to his father. She has declined surgery for a life threatening condition, which most would agree is a sensible decision, if I recounted the whole medical story. She is not...

I have no idea what forum to post this in! I have an 11x17 coop that held 19 hens and 2 roos (187 sq ft = about 47 birds.) Plenty of room for feed storage, and spare bags of pine shavings. They are about 6 months old, and I have had all that stuff in there from day one. A couple of weeks...

Anyone care to share your experience with this product? What did you use it for? Did it work? http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/product.asp?CID=2&pf_id=16803

And the employee said they had been unable to get any for two weeks. On top of that, he was the only employee in the store; said they had a hiring freeze on. They had chicks, and had some sort of bedding pellets out (I didn't look closely,) $6 a bag, not a very big bag, maybe the size of a 20#...

I have been reading in the meat birds section for a couple of hours and done some searches. I can't find all I want to know, so here I am.... I've had chickens for eggs off and on for several years. I presently have about 50 new chicks that will be moved into a new 10X13 coop tomorrow. More...

of the 51 I ordered from McMurray. I live in rural south GA so it was a long trip from Iowa, and they did not arrive til today, Tuesday. Looked like they had piled in a corner for warmth and suffocated. Worked with 4 or 5 other puny ones for a few hours and it looks like they will survive...