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Raising Backyard Chickens

Chicken Little’s Watering Hole Makes Life Easier!

Chicken Little’s Watering Hole Makes Life Easier!

Raising backyard chickens really doesn’t take a lot of effort, but when something comes along that makes tending your flock…
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Crowd Sourcing to Get the Job Done

Crowd Sourcing to Get the Job Done

The following bit of photojournalism captures the daily activity inside the Coeur d’Alene Coop.  Madge is quite the attraction to the…
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Flock Integration: So Happy Together

Over the weekend we moved our 16-week old pullets into the main coop with our two older hens.  I’m happy…
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Sweet 16

The 2nd Street Chicken Ranch is celebrating a Sweet 16 this weekend! Our “chicks” are 16 weeks today and will…
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Getting to Know You

We held our “Hens & Chicks Meet & Greet” over the weekend and I think we’ve found a way to ease the drama, trauma and…
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New Chicks on the Block

 Madge and Helen check out the new neighbors. Our new girls have settled nicely into their brand new, one…
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Come see the Idaho Master Gardener's demonstration Pollinator Garden at the KC Fair this week! Learn how important pollinators are to our gardens and our world food supply! On Wednesday, Aug. 22, I'll be presenting a "Master Gardener Minute" on how to save tomato seeds - 12:30 pm behind Building 10!UI Extension and the Idaho Master Gardeners are proud to showcase our new community project, and a partnership with the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. Come visit the UI Extension Demonstration Garden Featuring the Pollination Project during the fair. It is located between building 10 (the location of our booth) and building 11. Learn about how to help pollinators thrive in your garden, landscape, balcony and patio. This prototype garden showcases our new education series about pollinators and the skills of your Idaho Master Gardener volunteers. It allows us to offer a space to educate the public and test out our curriculum and classes while we raise funds for a larger vision of a half-acre hands-on demonstration and learning garden on site (along with a new exhibit building about pollinators...think science museum). We will be teaching classes at the fair each day from 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm just north of this garden and building 10 in the shaded seating area. These classes named "The Idaho Master Gardener Minute" will feature topics on "Basic Seed Saving", "Helping Pollinators Thrive", and "Raising Native, Blue Orchard Mason Bees." The class title for the day will be posted in and around building 10. Come visit us and see what we have been up to. We are proud to offer this to our community. *We are currently raising native bees in this garden. Native bees are considered safe and docile as the males do not possess the ability to sting and the females are too busy provisioning their nests and carrying out tasks to set the new generation up for success. Each female is her own queen and worker bee. She is too busy and focused on her solitary nest to care about stinging anything. ... See MoreSee Less

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