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What to do about mice attracted by chickens?

Image by Josh Bancroft Or, the Chicken Ladies, as I call them. Uploaded from my iPhone 3GS Question by k_maxx: What to do about mice attracted by chickens? Last night I was out putting our backyard chickens in the coop at about dusk. In about 15 minutes I saw 3 mice! Today I’ve seen them […]

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Question by boo: how to stop male ducks from singling out one male duck to beat up? group of ducks raised together from the eggs, never a problem with fighting. now the males gang up on one male and beat him up to the point of severe injury. removed the injured male, and now another […]

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Are turkeys difficult to raise?

Image by BioDivLibrary Turkey raising New York,Orange Judd publishing company; [etc., etc.]1922. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19954518 Question by Polska: Are turkeys difficult to raise? It would be awesome if we did that, then we could have free-range, organic turkey for thanksgiving and christmas and Easter too I guess. Feel free to answer in the comment section below

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mallard duck in Atlanta? Last year my family and i raised two ducks, they were both Pekin ducks, this year we?

Image by -Snugg- This morning, I woke up craving a piece of toast with blackberry jam. However, upon investigating the pantry, I found that we were flat out of bread. So, it was obvious: I would have to make some. I’d never made bread before, and had hardly any idea how to start. But I […]

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Question for those who’ve seen the 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy” and know it well,…?

Image by robot_zombie_monkey A bunch of us went out to St. Johns to visit Eric’s (and Ben’s) chicks. This was their second time outside and they were having a grand old time. Question by : Question for those who’ve seen the 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy” and know it well,…? ,…and remember the character Bud Davis […]

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Question by : How to raise baby ducks? I am going to get some baby ducks to raise until they get big then im going to let them go in a pond in my neighborhood there are already some wild ducks living in the pond. i need to know what is the best type of […]

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please help me!!i have 269 chickens in my backyard and my whole backyard which is small is full of poo!?

Image by eschipul We just moved to a new house and are closing on the old house this week. Thoughts of the old house took me to the time we bought chickens and had them in our backyard. Not sure why, and I promise I was not the one who bought them. I can’t remember […]

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Question by ms3d_maxy: What’s the difference between farm-raised turkeys and wild turkeys? Give your answer to this question below!

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Question by Scott T: Getting rid of pigeons in an urban area? About six pigeons have started living on my roof near the attic window. I want to get rid of them. I put up chicken wire but they still just sit on top of the wire. I also tried putting my cat in the […]

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What broiler chicken is a cross between Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island? (white, spotted or black broilers)?

Image by Michael W. May Large On Black marinated in lemon and olive oil whist coated with mixed cracked peppercorns, sea salt, honey, and dill Question by dULz: What broiler chicken is a cross between Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island? (white, spotted or black broilers)? Hubbard? Arbor acres? Vantress? Cobb Hubbard? Arbor acres? Vantress? Cobb? […]

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