Posts by chick-in-florida

so very sorry for your loss. a lot of us get very attached to our chickens, believe me.  I hope you don't give up and let the coyotes win.  nasty creatures. fortify the fences and start anew.  

so sorry about your baby girl.  that happened to me last year with a rooster when i was just in the front yard for a few minutes and left them all in the back.  Came around and found a pile of black feathers from my rooster...

I have used various containers for sprouting and one of the easiest is old aluminum pie pans I use a barbeque fork to poke holes in the bottoms.  They drain really easily and make a very nice "sprout pie".  I even use...

some of mine sleep out in the run on a roost.  as long as it's predator proof it doesn't matter to me.

wow, great duck!  we find rat snakes in our duck nests a lot but i've never witnessed a duck taking them on.  that's a great story.

yes yes definitely get chickens!  i'm a little bit south of you - don't worry about the heat.  it's great for when they are babies - they NEED the heat!  we have over 100 chickens and have never had a problem. ...

i can understand your anger as i have had dogs jump my fence and kill my rabbits. animal control did nothing.  then i had pitbulls attack my golden retriever (twice!) and animal control did nothing.  that time i had to go to...

have you wormed her lately?  i would try that  

we put the waterers up on blocks and we use range feeders which are lifted up on pipes off the ground.  

yeah report him. and demand a refund.