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A couple of my neighbors got together and dethatched their lawns. I walked over and asked if I could have the grass that hadn't been treated with pesticides or herbicides and they (not being fools) said sure. Thus far, I have filled the 8'x6' chicken run 1' deep with it (I had just cleaned out...

You know, Dawn, that wood chip kitty litter idea isn't all that bad. My cats are naughty and like to use the mulch in the front of our house as a litterbox anyway. If I can find a way to safely compost it, that would be fantastic.

I forgot to mention a few things. Things that the poultry can't process like banana peels, weed roots and shrub sticks get "processed" by the rabbit before going to the poultry. She LOVES banana peels and apple cores.

I've been experimenting with different things here. We have a 3' round pile hich is held together by plastic chicken wire (hey, it's what we had extra) and also have been experimenting with using the chickens to compost. I have to say that, in our climate (dry Colorado), the least work...

You could use it as a large planting container. For potatoes?

I have been reading a couple of different articles about younger children with ADHD and read one article that had stated that several parents knew very close to birth that their infant was not normal. What's ironic is that I knew before I even delivered that he was WAY more active than normal...

I thougth it was similar to meat chickens but I could be wrong.

She's grounded to her cage inside right now. I started all over with trying to tame her. I'm back to giving her pets while feeding her treats. It seems to work... sometimes. When she stops growling with that, I'll take the next step. I think it's lot of two steps forward and one step back...

The only dried greens that my "girls" will touch is alfalfa... but only the leaves, not the stalks. I'm thinking about drying some grass to save some for winter. Does anyone know what the life cycle for grass is? I'm trying to encourage it to spread and I would like some that is self seeding...

Ok, I have GOT to ask this because I have been meaning to for quite some time. What is the difference between a roaster and a fryer other than age and about $.20 per pound at the grocery store.

I have the same questions as I haven't even upt mine in the ground yet.

:yuckyuck You can milk a camel ya know. You could be the beginning of a new trend here. I would imagine that they would be pretty food/water efficient, too. :idunno

I really like my Delaware. I've got 5 girls; Easter Egger/Ameracauna, Delaware, Faverolle, Andalusian, Dominique. My Delaware, Balari, has never gone broody in the year that we've owned the girls. The one that went broody is my faverolle, Xanthe. If I were to go into breeding, I would go...

In Denver metro, we have several places that sell recycled building materials.

Yeah, I do the same thing too. Hubby used to think he was better at loading the dishwasher than me too. One day he loaded it and there were still a few dishes left. I looked at the dishes, opened the dishwasher, played a little dishwasher tetris and VOILA!! No more dishes on the counter...

Alrighty, as you guys know I've been having trouble handling my rabbit. She has become more and more aggressive. Today, I was trying to get her out to put her in the run and she managed to bite me. She didn't draw blood but let's just put it this way, if it occurs again she may not have a...

I can only empathize with your situation. Half of our front yard was covered by rocks when we moved in and I can't stand that type of yard. I moved almost all the rocks and now the first opportunistic plants are growing quite well. Those plants being dandelions, nettles and weed grasses of...

I can tell you this is extremely important. Our little bun currently has a tally of 4 scratches at various stages of healing on my arm. She was one of those bunnies that was originally intended for someone's dinner table. We are having a long and painful (for me anyway) hand-taming trial...

We do it both ways. When we handwash, we use two sinkfulls and use the dishwasher as a drying rack. I usually put a tiny bit of bleach in the rinse water as well. We usually use the dishwasher when there are more dishes than usual to be done. It isn't just the energy use that discourages me...

The rabbit, Annabelle, has been having a feast of nettles, bindweed and dandelion almost daily. That is on top of her grazing the grass in the front yard. I've tried to serve these same plants to the girls but they just look at them like I'm trying to kill them and dig through hoping for worms...