Feb 15
Home > The Blotter > Archives > 2012 > February > 14 > Entry By Ciara O’Rourke | Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 05:25 PM After killing 12 chickens in Wimberley last week, two dogs were euthanized this evening, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. A yellow Labrador retriever and a black Labrador retriever-pitbull mix …
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Jan 26
FERNDALE — Residents can now keep up to three chickens in their backyards if they meet a few basic requirements and get a permit from the city.The City Council voted to change an ordinance to allow up to three hens in backyards as long as they are 10 feet from the nearest property line. Previously, …
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Jan 25
Suburban residents typically have dogs and cats as household pets, but Northbrook resident Christine Buti wants to raise chickens. A couple years ago, Buti started gardening. More recently, she began reading up on urban homesteading, which included raising chickens for their eggs. “The more I read about it, the more I thought it would be …
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Jan 17
The concern of in .what family table leftovers should i give food to poultry?in . can be a one particular in the event you increase poultry. A lot of people reckon that poultry only try to eat yard and seed of their environment and will hence not presented family table leftovers whatsoever. The truth is …
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Jan 02
This week I’ve had two pale brown eggs (from Buffy) and last night I collected my first Barnie egg…. a nice large dark brown one. I was awake in the night (a somewhat common occurance), so I got up and read up on plans for a simple brooder that ensures success at raising chicks even …
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Dec 25
Looking out my office window to the spot where the chicken coopused to be, I’m not sure how I feel about no more fresh eggs. Inever wanted chickens in the first place, but a smart husband pickshis battles carefully and so it came to be that I was the owner ofthree of them. Chicken No. …
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Dec 24
SAN ANGELO, Texas —The kids were grown and had moved away, my husband had passed away a few years earlier and there I sat in that lonely old house. I went to work everyday and I sat in that house every night. I made a decision that it was now my time. Nothing to hold …
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Dec 24
Keeping chickens affords us with so many benefits that it’s easy to overlook the downside. Predators. Yes, our beloved feathered friends have many enemies. And they are watching. And waiting for the right time to search and destroy. Now, I happen to love all creatures. I know they, too, have to eat. But when it comes to …
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Dec 10
I know how popular those jerky chicken treats are. around Patterson Park, they’re referred to as doggie crack. So I want to pass on this warning from the FDA: The Food and Drug Administration is again cautioning consumers that chicken jerky products for dogs (also sold as chicken tenders, strips or treats) may be associated …
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Nov 19
So the past few weeks we’ve been working on cross-fencing the property. With several hundred broiler chickens running around, good fencing becomes very crucial to keep out the multitude of foxes, coyotes, dogs, possums, and possibly swamp monsters (you can never completely rule out swamp monsters….anywhere!). Sadly, when we purchased the farm, there was no …
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