Hi group!! I know we must be "belly" deep in Thanksgiving turkey carcusses and getting ready to cook and carve up all those lovely birds, hams, roasts and,...
OH MY GOD Sally you are too good!!! Thank you for the chuckle! We had "something" get in the chicken coop the night before Thanksgiving. In the morning I...
That was a good one, Sally, and Kathleen, I am so sorry something is bugging your livestock. I hate when that happens. So far I have been lucky but for one...
Hi everyone, Nice to see some postings. We are still here - our business is keeping us really busy up to the holidays. Sorry to hear about your losses...
Boy, I surely do wish i had some help for you, Julie!! I just don't know. I am just sick about your little silkie! I really do just love my little silkies....
I have a peahen who every year lays about 8 eggs in December. This year she has just started! The males have been showing off to her but I have never hatched...
Hi Kit, It isn't normal down here in FL. I have an occasional winter egg here and there that have never been fertile either, but, not often nor very many. ...
Hi Julie, Hi Kathleen, I so understand the hurt associated with the loss of a PET even more so than just some of the flock. One is emotional and one is...
HI Sally and Chris, Thanks for your responses. I am not doing so bad with the pekins then, they have game bird and cracked corn - wonder if they will eat...
Just curious; anyone here tried lgd to protect your birds from predators? I'm seriously considering a Great Pyr right now. Thoughts, opinions appreciated! Lew...
My neighbor free ranges her guineas during the day and lost 22 this summer. She also has 2 pyrs. I free range my chickens and have a farmcollie. I lost no...
What is lgd Lew? Incidentally it was a great pyr that attacked my birds - that and a husky mix. Anyone else having trouble with yahoo demanding verification...
Hi Julie LGD=livestock guard dog. No problems with verification to post? Not sure what you're talking about. I always post by email instead of from the web...
Right, that makes sense. We have thought about that, but we already have four dogs and it would make life that much more complicated. Ralph had Shepherds for...
They said the fee here is 150 but the dog is vet checked, all shots, altered, etc. so price don't sound out of reason (of course I'd rather it was free but...
guard dogs are or can be a good deterent but have to be properly trained ESPECIALLY for birds. They are mostly used for sheep, goats, cattle horses and swine....
I used to have a donkey and anything different going on in the pasture she would let us know. When the cow started calving in the middle of the night, she let...
... LOL it's not so much what I know it's HOW I know (wink). I, as many of you, learned the hard way....loss and heartache. I have literally had animals all...
My plan for spring is a black minature donkey!! She said they were good guard dogs and I can hardly wait. Brrrrrrrr, it's supposed to get down to 3 tomorrow...
Hi Chris, Hi Elaine, Elaine, you answered part of a question I was wondering about. I didn't know if the females would have the same instincts as the males....
I think my brain went south, anyway, because the little mini donkey would be out with the paso fino and the mini horses, the icelandic sheep and the goat My...
Sally, the donkey we had was a big pet, she would follow us around and acted like a big dog, but she did not want anything strange in her pasture. My peas did...
These rare and new books for sale these books are hard to find and have much information in them send check made out to Glenda L Heywood 207 13th Ave Brookings...
Some Ideas for keeping Healthy Poultry By Glenda L Heywood One of the things bad about poultry fanciers and Back yarder lovers of poultry. They first go to a...
I don't think I agree with this post in part or in whole. I am a backyard breeder and I don't get my pen designs out of better bird and gardens, I don't scrub...
I hope Glenda that you really didn't mean to categorize all backyard lovers
of poultry as being jockey traders. I do however understand that there are
folks...
I am very new to owning peafowl and have questions about them. The first is about a peahen that I took from my neighbor when she continued to come over to...
Oh too funny, Lou. I ask the same question when one of my peahens did the strut and yes, they do do it. LOL I can't help with the green peafowl question,...
Hi Lou and welcome to our world!! You may or may not be able to find greens locally depending on how pure you want them. Shipping is an option and not all...
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