Posts by NikonMama

Quote: Originally Posted by CrunchyMama19  DH and I are seriously thinking of raising a few chickens for eggs. We are trying to figure out a good season to start, what kind of breeds would be good, and what we need...

Chicks need to stay in a heated brooder inside your house or garage for the first month or so.  They can't stay outside until they are feathered out, around 4-6 weeks.  Ours stay in a box in our spare bedroom for the first...

I have well water, which is really hard, and I use homemade laundry soap and it works just fine.  :)

My son builds the kit once, and then never again and just free builds with his millions of collected legos.  We found this short (only about 4", maybe 6" from the floor to the lid) but long (about 4' long) Rubbermaid bins that...

I wouldn't keep a dog that continued to kill my chickens like that, but that's me.  A few days ago I found one of my dogs with one of my chickens pinned down and she had her mouth around the chickens neck, shaking it.  She is...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSlingMama   I spend about 20 minutes a day cleaning (picking up toys and putting them away when we're done, running the vacuum, and unloading/loading the dishwasher) and one day a...

Rehoming a known aggressive dog is a HUGE liability.  In the future if that dog ends up biting someone, heaven forbid a child, they could turn around and sue you. 

Our pups (who are 4.5 months old now, we got them at 8 weeks) have slept in their crate at night from day one.  Yes, they cried a bit at first but they calmed down quickly, and they are not terrified of their crate at all. ...

We use strictly cloth napkins/washclothes/handtowels/placemats.  I have a small rubbermaid container in our laundry room (close to the kitchen) that I just throw them in when I'm done with them.  I have never noticed it to...

Every three to four weeks, usually.