Raising Farm Animals

Raising Goat Advice from A GoodByeCityLife Reader

Laura Childs — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:42:40 +0000

I am not from this website, but am a goat rancher up north of Napa (2 hours north of the Bay Area). You can visit our YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/SnowRanchCA. Just doing some rainy day web research on goats and updating our plans for the next year today when I stumbled upon your comment. We’ve [read the rest...]

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Hatching Quail Eggs

Laura Childs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:48:09 +0000

Recently I’ve been receiving numerous requests to discuss more on incubating eggs and the various types of birds you can raise on a small farm whether it be for profit or for pleasure. Today’s post is about hatching quail eggs. In later posts I’ll discuss raising quail. As quail come in many different sizes and [read the rest...]

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Chicken Incubator

Laura Childs — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:59:36 +0000

Now is the time to pull out and check your chicken incubator for spring chicks. Here in Canada I store mine through the winter in its original box and pull it out again in March – right before I begin saving or shopping for fertilized eggs. If you don’t own own there is no better [read the rest...]

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Coop Sickness

Laura Childs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:45:05 +0000

Although I have had great success with my chickens in the past there are many illnesses that your flock can become infected with. Honestly and with all sincerity I can say that if you start out with healthy birds from a quality source and keep your coop clean and your chickens without stress, never introducing [read the rest...]

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After The Chicks Have Matured

Laura Childs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:14:53 +0000

Once your chickens have hatched, been removed from the incubator and are under the heat lamp you’ll be able to watch them grow with less worry and supervision. As they grow, continue to provide ample space if the original designated area in the coop is at all crowded. Provide roosting space for the laying breeds [read the rest...]

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Hatching Chicks In An Incubator

Laura Childs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:33:37 +0000

Spring is in the air and the poultry incubators on GoodByeCityLife are in full swing! If you’re planning on incubating a few of your own from your existing flock this year, start now and they’ll be ready to come out from under the heat lamp by the time fresh green shoots are popping out of [read the rest...]

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