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Thank you - I think I'm still going to work on convincing the Ms on the guineas.

I was thinking about guineas to kill ticks, but so far, its a no go with the Mrs because of how noisy they are - even though we have no neighbors. Quail - will they get into a garden and destroy veggies the way chickens will??

Have you tried the products you mentioned - personally recommend them? NH has the highest rate of Lyme disease infections. I use Flea and tick stuff on the dogs, and will still occasionally find a dead tick on them (it doesn't really repel, it gets absorbed by the dog, and once the tick draws...

So true. It's been a while since I'd seen the data, but I recall the average net worth of a congress person is 250k when they are elected, and the average net worth after their term was almost 2M, Crazy. Term limits, only getting benefits for their term plus a little time for them to find a real...

I try hard to avoid political discussions. But this forum has been so polite I thought I'd weigh in - as a variety of opinions has been presented and welcomed. I truly appreciate that! Sorry - but this is gonna be a long one for those that want to tune out right now! I am a moderate, and an...

I am in remission, but had a long difficult battle with cancer. Unfortunately - I ended up disabled, so in effect, I'm a retiree. I do miss working - but have to admit that moving to rural area, and starting a big garden and a flock of chickens ha kept me from being bored! Hope you get to retire...

I'll try to stay active - just set notifications! being retired, I've got nothing but chores and time!

This guy walked through our orchard about 3 weeks ago. I don't think that any fence stops a moose. The don't see well, are not very bright, and can be very aggressive. I've had one walk straight though electric poultry netting and dragged it hundreds of feet - tearing it to shreds. other than...

Thank you - this is SO helpful!

great advice ~ thank you!

Thank you again. I remember telling my kids that it's important to not only learn from their mistakes, but learn from others mistakes (I had a whole list of dumb stuff I'd done in high school!) - for the most part they ignored my advice.... But I won't ignore yours. I was thinking that i would...

Thanks for the jersey giant advice - I'll definitely look into it. Boy - did you send me down a rabbit hole on life expectancy. Crazy data and differences of opinion in the anthropology community. All agree that life expectancy has increased dramatically. Life span - for those that survive...

yup... need to plan for some losses!

Right now I have 2 Bresse, a Flarry Eyed Grey and a Liege Fighter cockerels in a bachelor coop. So far, no issues. The last two are game cocks, so I may need to separate them at some point, though the breeder tells me that isf there's no hens around, they should be fine. Once grown, the bresse...

Thank you for this - got a chance to watch it. I know debating on the internet is never successful - so I'll summarize my perspective as "it can't hurt." And I really do appreciate you sending this link, as I've got a lot to learn. She is a somewhat controversial researcher, but a highly...

Really helpful suggestions - thank you. I found this site from the backyard chickens sister site. I've gotten similar advice there as well. I plan to isolate the breeds initially to see how it goes for each breed. Because I can only eat poultry and fish, we eat a ton of chicken. I only...

I was thinking Bourbon reds and Narragansett to start, and see where we go from there. But you all have made me rethink my plans for spring because of the wild turkey in the area. something I need to noodle on for a while....

Thank you for the advice. We've been gardening here for a few years now and have been pretty successful. We've never seen a raccoon or skunk. The biggest issue we've had has been porcupine - the damn things will walk along taking 1 bite out of each squash, pumpkin, eggplant etc and they've...

Look like I'll have to do some additional prep work to keep the wild ones away from my turkey poults in the Spring - thanks @NH Homesteader and @CrealCritter

When you say you raise CornishX - do you buy chicks or are you getting fertile eggs to raise? I've heard that the genetics that have developed to make them grow so meaty shortens their life and makes mating near impossible. I'm hoping to find a way to never have to buy a chick ever again. That's...