Posts by L and L RANCH

how long do you plan on keeping the rooster in the pen i have several designs for long time meaning a couple a months i use a 4ft wide by 10 feet long 5 feet the coop the other 5 the run and about 6 to7 feet high it all depends ...

i have had several dogs do this to me  except i caught the dog  doing it before it killed  a bunch putting her on a chain or in a pen would be best to keep her away from the chickens but i suggest a pen instead of a...

here is one of my brooders

if the smaller one's are banty's then  they will be able to hold there own in a fight  i have banty's and standard's free range together  during the day  the hens probably wont do much damage to one another but the...

skunks will go after chickens and will tend to bite the heads off and drink the blood the hawk will also go after chickens no matter what size they will even go after small dogs try shooting the hawk with a bb gun as a fair warning but...

i had a nubian doe a while back their great milkers the only problem with them is keeping them in the one i had cleared a 5 ft fence with barb wire on top of that but she went over it like a deer so had to put her on a chain but i sold...

my opionion would be to get pygmy's but you might want a high fence and have it very tight at the bottom  because they are escape artist's right now i have 2 a buck and a doe that is pregnant and they both try to go under the...

i use a tractor for chicks and poults sometimes ducklings but havent ever kept chickens in them other than bantams but i think thier pretty good you just pull them around

well what you could do is use  6by8 stalls and at the back of the stall where it's just the back wall and cut a hole going outside with a run attached maybe 4 nest boxes in each pen with a roost