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[raptorsandpoultry]

Hello,

I have been following your blog for a few years and enjoyed it very much.

I am now getting close to keeping chicken myself, it's the phase of planning and reading but with a realistic approach because I have the space and land for it.

I obviously would like healthy happy chicken and I obviously want to avoid mistakes in coop design and husbandry. I always learned bits and pieces from your blog but now that chicken are realistic during the next 1-2 years I wanted to ask you if you could recommend books and/or other resources for me to learn from?

Thank you very much for your time

Hello, thanks for reaching out! Very exciting that you'll finally be getting your own chickens in the near future, and I love that you're being thorough in preparing yourself!

The first book that comes to mind to me is "Raising Amazing Chicks" by Dr. Scott Gillingham. He's a commercial poultry veterinarian but he wholly supports urban/backyard chicken-keeping (and obviously has his own flock at home) - all around very knowledgeable and happy to educate folks about responsibly raising your own chickens. Here's the link to the book, there are also a ton of other great resources on his website like online courses and podcasts which I would also recommend checking out: https://www.ichicken.ca/raising-urban-chickens/

Poultrydvm.com is also a fantastic resource used by veterinarians but it's also very much geared towards bird owners as well, they post regularly on Facebook and Instagram with useful tips on keeping your flock safe and healthy, general husbandry, and lots of other good stuff.

Lastly there are lots of other blogs out there that post about keeping chickens (and probably do a better job of staying on top of asks I'm so sorry)! I'd feel bad if I posted a list here and forgot someone, so I encourage people reading this to leave their recommendations in the replies!

Thanks again and good luck!

[sgeoffa]

honorary baptisia

[plantanarchy]

0ingenting0 replied to your post “hey Dad, can worms live okay in potted plants? is there enough food...”

Outdoors I frequently find worms in pots. They chose it themselves, they seem to like it. But then they leave again once they don't life it anymore. BTW super cool worm fact: I once saw one climb a 3m wall on a rainy day. Saw it from inside through the window, wondered, went outside to check: worm. Observed until it reached the top. Vertical stone surface- climbed. Indoors: nope to putting worms into pots.

Wow, I support that very ambitious worm so much

[sgeoffa]

Honorary Baptisia, Fall 2017

[sgeoffa]

[sgeoffa]

The area where honorary baptisia are planted outside back porch. As spring bulbs die down hostas will pretty much cover the ground.

@cinoh 

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[naimhe-jeanne]

Oh, hell no you can't house train a goat. With enough effort you can get them to pee in one spot, but they drop pebbles like leaves in the wind. I tend to wonder if they even know when they're pooping.