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Just an update on my bunch of 21 (meat hybrid x leghorn) x commercial layer chicks. These birds are growing exceptionally well on the home...

www.permachicken.com All right. It's been a long saga and I'm soooooo sorry to all those who joined only to find the website disap...

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These chicks are 2 days short of 3 weeks of age. Note the advanced feathering (please forgive the tragic pen floor, but it rained unexpected...

Since rats have been perching on the bucket rim to take soaking grains, I thought I'd have a go at making a bucket trap. I've made...

Just wanted to show my current chick diet for the 9 week olds. They're extremely well grown and are doing well on it, having been gradua...

Chickens love comfrey, yet seem to know their limit. It grows well in shade as well as sun, and supplies a variety of vitamins including B...

Unfortunately this post also concerns rats. Recently I had major trouble with wheat not sprouting, and going off in the sprouting bag. My...

Confession! I have a persistent population of rats. They live in the scrub behind our back fence and slip over the fence during the night to...