Hi! I am very interested in sharing your order. I am looking for 2-3 females, specifically the black-feathered variety. Please let me know how this might fit...
Sounds great ! So that you know -- and any others who may be interested -- McMurray Hatchery has the Black, Chocolate, Blue and as well as the Faun & White --...
I'm definitely interested as I have been thinking of adding some ducks to my collection of hens... haven't yet had the chance to build a coop or a pond yet....
hi all, i would be happy to show my coop. it has not yet been sited in my yard. so, once this is done i can forward pictures to the list. heidi tara hui...
I would love to see it in person once you get it sited -- thanks Heidi ! ... in my yard. so, once this is done i can forward pictures to the list. ... adding...
Hello fowl friends, Those of you who have hens, I'm curious about your experience with their molting and laying in the winter. My four hens are 11 months old....
My hens have stopped laying since Dec also; occasionally they would pop one out but very rare - one of them laid an egg in the middle of the worst storm! None...
Hello, Could someone point me to the official SF rules on fowl in the backyard? I'm particularly interested in size of yard/ distance from neighbors issues. ...
Article 1, Sec. 37 http://www.municode.com/content/4201/14136/HTML/ch001.html SEC. 37. KEEPING AND FEEDING OF SMALL , POULTRY AND GAME BIRDS. (a) Number of...
Hi Amy, Fancy meeting you here on this list! The short answer is 20 feet from doors an windows, and not more than four birds. The long, detailed answer direct...
“Experience is a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other.” - Benjamin Franklin _________________________________________________________________ ...
Has any of you experienced your chicken eating the eggs? One of my hen had developed the taste for eggs though she doesn't do it regularly. Now, one of the...
Hi Tara, Fortunately my hens haven't yet discovered how good their eggs taste, but I looked up the problem in the book, "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens,"...
Thanks for the advice! Here are couple of pictures - Silkies and eggs (the small ones are from the Silkies). Tara “Experience is a dear school, but a fool...
Anyone interested in keeping quails? Will, a quail keeper I know, is giving away his quails and cages - they are pretty large and need to be transported by a...
Fowl fans, See item #2 about chicks needing a home. Jennifer From: permaculture-sf@yahoogroups.com [mailto:permaculture-sf@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Sunday, May...
Here's an article in today's NY Times about free-range city chickens: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/nyregion/16chickens.html? _r=1&oref=slogin. Are there...
Thanks Jennifer. i have a bit to share. My indian runner ducks have been on a laying strike for almost two months. :) Actually, they've been molting, which...
Great to hear from other fowlers! My 'flock' had been eventful this year... First, my neighbor called the Health Dept, after us having the chickens for more...
Kevin, Carol Lloyd, the reporter for that Chron article, might be able to put you in touch with the Colin. Last winter 3 of my hens molted and stopped laying...
I give the egg shells back to the hens too. I also give them shrimp shells, and fish scale and skin for treat - they love it! -- In 1941, Edward Dowling,...
Tara, I'm so sorry about your birds. I'd been wondering how my chickens might do if we put in a little pond. Keep us posted on your duck plans. When the health...
Hi mother/father hens, I have 20 White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red chicks (week and a half old). They are straight runs (not sexed) and healthy. Let me know...
So I finally established a relationship with the fine brewers at the local pub (Magnolia at Haight and Stanyan) where I can pick up spent beer mash (grain) for...
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/SanMateoChickens/?yguid=194946071 We are backyard poultry enthusiasts living in San Mateo county, California and environs....
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