Posts by Judy P-E

if you don't want to kill it, catch it and relocate it to another area. We had many rat snakes because the house was barely lived in. We have relocated many and now only have a few around. They are numerous in northern Virginia.

WEll day three and the hawk has been hanging out in the yard right beside the coop. the chickens have been kept inside these last few days. yes, a coopers hawk. not sure what we should do now, any ideas?

thanks, we are thinking about covering the pen. It is pretty large.

yes, we were thinking maybe a juvenil coopers hawk or a female. they are in today until we can remmidy the situation. maybe fishing lines over the pen. Thanks

I live in northern virginia and a Merlin killed my RR hen yesterday in the coop. I saw it and chased it away. I think it will be back, we are planning to make a much smaller opening in the hen house which might alleviate this...

I live in northern virginia and I think a merlin killed my rr yesterday right in the coop. I had to chase it out. all the other hens ran to the other side of the pen and watched. This is a small brid , no sign of any redigh feathering...

what kind of hawk was it? yesterday a hawk, possibly a merlin, killed and began to eat one of my hens, the others all ran to the other side of thier pen. It was in the hen house! It was shocking to me. we had a rooster and I have heard...

how do you stop the roo from mating so much the feathers on the back of the hens are missing? 12 hens, one roo, should be good. what to do?

no scabs on her feet just swollen legs. after 3 days of penicillin injections she seem better but not right yet. we also treated her for the leg mites. still limping not totally better, she isn't  a year yet, almost though. Is...

thanks for the advice, it is very helpful. she seems to be improving. we will treat her for the leg mites also and hopefully will return her to the flock. We cleaned and limed the coop and run. should we treat the flock with anything...