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you can feed them other stuff when they're little, they just might not really eat it right away :D and you have to tear it up pretty small for them. a momma hen would normally do that for them. if you do give them other stuff, make sure you either provide chick grit (basically it's normal grit...

i'd worry though about the humidity... the eggs about to hatch need higher humidity (unless i'm mistaken? i know it's true for chickens, don't know so much about ducks) but high humidity is detrimental for not-right-about-to-hatch eggs =/ you could try it, but you might not get a good result.

i think you've got some great suggestions already. :) i do wanna add though that the auto-email is probably lower down on the ladder as far as things she should worry about when she's just starting out :) nobody will see that message if nobody buys! on etsy, amazing photography is basically...

have you checked out the USDA loan program? it's been a minute since i last looked at it, so i'm not up on the details anymore, but the idea is that they're a little easier to get a loan with so long as you buy property that qualifies as rural. it's kinda like a rural development boost.

I sell on Etsy too :) Selling my wares online has been my only source of income for the past year now... Getting ready to see how much of that money though that taxes are going to take away =/

if she's 6-7 months old, she's probably already been in heat or will be very very soon. the problem with that is, she'll attract every other male cat within a fifty mile radius (may be exaggerated, but you get the idea) - so even if YOUR male kitty is actually fixed, she might still get herself...

if he was fixed after he came "of age," it might just be old instincts kicking in, but, for lack of a better term, he'd be shooting blanks. :P however, there ARE instances with some animals where (just like with people) the neuter doesn't take 100%; usually it's when a cat is cryptorchid, where...

yay! glad to hear :) i hope it helps! asthma is totally manageable as long as you're able to get the meds.

hmm.. with the abdominal swelling, obviously i'm not a vet but i almost wonder if she could have heartworms? glad to hear you may have found a way to get her in to the vet :) hopin for something easy to fix for you.

dress like you're heading to an interview, bring a professional-looking folder (one of those cheapie black/brown school folders would work, just not ones with kittens on them or whatever) and have it full of copies of your resume (and make sure your resume is awesome) and then just walk in to...

This is something that's been kinda buggin my brains for a while now, but I admit I don't understand enough about the concept to really know if it is or isn't feasible... So, there are already electric cars that can run solely from a charged battery. Those are always (to my knowledge) basically...

build a greenhouse around it and make it the fish tank for an aquaponics setup. :)

i don't know how you'd feel about this / how your credit situation is, but there's a company called CARE credit that you can google if you're interested; it's essentially a credit card that is only for medical/veterinary expenses. there's nothing special about it except that there is 0% interest...

my parents' cat has asthma and this does sound like that - especially if it's after exercise, or if you've got windows around the house open and there's a high pollen count or something. with my parents' cat, he just needs a steroid shot to open his airways again, and the shot lasts about 3...

i have a non-tanned squirrel hide layin around somewhere, but i kinda doubt you'd wanna trade me a gun for it heh. :D it was just dried with salt and it ain't the prettiest. but if you could use it, send me a PM and i'll send it to you.

i'm like the goat&chicken enabler. :D there's just something so satisfying about having a healthy symbiotic relationship with your food-producers. my two main reasons for keeping livestock, personally, are first for our health and second so that we're not supporting the horrible practices of...

hi! :D i'm a newbie who's kinda been lurking around, but i read this entire thread since it's so generally helpful. but then you started talking about goats, and i just can't help myself - we've had four baby nigerian dwarfs for about three weeks now and i am already in LOVE. :love...

we tried the big 5gal waterer for my pitbull. the bubble noises scared him and he wouldn't use it. :P if you're worried about it getting dirty though, a fountain would be a pro/con for that... pro, it'll have a filter to get some of the dirt out of the water, but con, the filter will get...

that's exactly the same brooder set up i used!! minus the dog lol. too cute!

i wonder if you dried them out and then soaked them overnight in water, if the chickens would eat them again?