Posts by Kickin' Chickin'

Good dogs!!!Just be sure to check them for ticks. My Punkin got a couple racoons last week and ended up with a tick just above her eye.

I woke a morning last week let my girls out early and within a span of an hour and a half there were 8 missing birds. All that was left were feathers. No noise , no big to-do .Whatever it was hasn't been back.

They all seemed to be fine the next day ( after Kernals accident),. This is new.

I have recently lost a rooster to a predator and now his girls seem to be confused. I have 4 out of 6 hens that just stay in the nest boxes all day long now.Of course they would all be in the same box if the 4th could squeeze in. Why is...

This all happened just this morning. Walked the property ,which is only an acre, and found five different places where the birds were "processed"! No bones,feet or blood just feathers. Haven't found any sign of the rooster at...

8 birds is the answer just in case you didn't know. 5 red pullets,2 whites , my rooster and my 8 week old turkey. Is there 2 foxes doing this or will 1 do this much damage?They only had a small time frame in which to snatch them and I...

Can't help you on the boy/girl thing - just had to say how very pretty those birds are!!

I had 10 chicks and they took 6 weeks to go through a 50# bag of starter then still had some left over when I switched them to grower feed.

I had a little production red that always had a dirty bottom and she was, and is , the runt of the flock. I named her "pigpen". Since I am not one to rub anything on a chicks bum I would just check her everyday to make sure...

If you plant mint make sure you do it in some sort of container as it has a tendency to really take over.