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Hi all,      I have an enthusiastic rooster who is torturing his favourite few girls and tearing their back feathers out.  There's always a screaming match back there when yet another rape is going on...I imagine his claws make it rather painful.  Anyone know where I can purchase some chicken saddles locally?  I've seen lots for sale in the US on the backyard bird sites, but would rather not have to ship.  I need about 5.  Do they have to be waterproof here on the coast?  It's getting cold and…See More

I have an Americauna pullet that needs a new home.  She was badly beaten up by a much larger bully cockerel (her brother).  I simply wasn't paying enough attention to what was going on in my chicken pen, and she paid the price for my carelessness with a nasty head wound. :(  It has now largely healed, but she will have a scar and may not grow feathers back in that area.  Otherwise, normal chicken; eating, drinking, preening normally, no signs of illness.  I'd like her to go to a backyard coop,…See More

Welcome to the place for all things Backyard Chickens where chicken folk can meet, share knowledge and experience and help each other out with coop sitting, feed sharing... etc. There's lots of information and resources in the Discussion area.On the North Shore: VV North Shore ChickensSee More

Well, this spring has been pretty cold...how are people's hives getting on?  Is everyone feeding their hives thus far?  My new packages installed April 1st don't appear to be doing all that well, numbers are down.  How do we cope with the weather, as beekeepers?

As an 'outsider' to the city of Vancouver, it's hard to feel a part of the village.  Yet I believe teeny little acreages like mine--fallow for years, considered too small to be considered useful by conventional farmers-- have a huge role to play.  Here I am staring at 4 acres of Maple Ridge land, envisioning its future as an intensive market garden producing under the 19th century French system of deep-organic principles, fueled entirely by horse manure and growing four seasons ala Eliot…See More

VV's been very active around food resiliency over the past 7 years through our Neighbourhood Food Networks. Focusing on 4 areas: Action,  Education, Planning (the Community Food Resiliency component of our Energy Descent Action Plan,  in conjunction with the Vancouver Food Policy Council, with support from the Museum of Vancouver), and Collaboration. As a Transition Town Hub and Initiative,  WE CULTIVATE COMMUNITY, WE GROW FOOD, WE HELP BUILD A MORE RESILIENT, JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD…See More

Farmers and farm supporters exploring fossil fuel reduction in farming