Posts by centrarchid

WILL BUILD A DOG TIGHT FENCE ON NORTHEAST CORNER OR PROPERTY   Northeast corner of my property I have a trailer court with about 9 units as neighbors.  One possibly has two pit bulls that are definitely...

I love this kind of question!.  My games can power up vertically 20' to land on power line.  Same birds have been known to roost 60 feet up in oak trees because I harassed them every night when the roosted lower.  With...

Fireflyhatchery, also consider the English shepherd which is known for being an all purpose farm dog.  It can have a little more size than a border collie yet has coat that adjust to some degree to season although they will not be...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickenCanoe  A raccoon can climb a sheer wall and almost anything else. They can pull parts of a bird through if they can reach it. One of my pens is a chain link dog run that is very...

You can move them.  They can be confined to new roost site a few days, then released.  Make certain they cannot get back into existing coop / roost when first released.  Make certain new location is coon proofed. ...

I pride myself on being able to get dogs to work around poultry without causing trouble.  Efforts always require time and during early stages risk to birds.  Such arrangement are designed for long-term meaning life of dog...

Set livetrap with a chicken carcass.  Put balance of birds in a more secure location.  If raccoon visits during daylight, then its den is very close.   Set a coon aggressive dog on it if you have one.

Adult roosters in poor health often do not crow.

See about making so they can split hens between them.  I setup feeding stations in multiple locations and have even resorted to setting up different roosting locations.  The feeding stations need to be near cover where flocks...

I use roosters to make eggs hatch unless games then they can aid with rearing of young.   Free-range I can go as low as one to one especially if hen rearing chicks.  Confined in breeding pens I can go one to one but they...