Posts by ReikiStar

Dracoe19, I'm so sorry for you, your family and sweet Monchou. Sadly, cancers are one of the diseases spaying and neutering can minimize or avoid (certain forms). We lost our amazing Coonhound to intestinal cancer 1st of Feb. I know...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mozelly  Looks like a dark cornish hen. Agree!

They might have a little Rosecomb Bantam in them. Cute though!  

Your two adult chickens will be fine. I would actually advise against a heat lamp. You're not going to stay well below freezing for weeks on end, so they won't need the help. Heat lamps weaken a chicken's natural ability and pose an...

Fire Pirate, thank you for sharing your kind heart. So often people are vicious about killing predatory animals -- seeming to enjoy it. That's certainly their prerogative. But its nice to see someone who genuinely didn't want to take...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicksandWeeds  they went to texas ...all 3 of them, january 28, 2013. i miss them and am happy they have a new home and lots of girls around. may they live a good rooster-worthy...

We use slide bolts with the looped handle, not the small notched lever as illustrated above. Then we put a carabiner clip through it. Racoons are incredibly dexterous but they don't have the wherewithall to open a carabiner.  

Justine -- thank you for sharing your experience and posting this to help others avoid the unimaginable pain you're going through now. Either we don't think of "what if" scenarios or we put too much trust in things because they haven't...

We have a nutty little Splash Sumatra hen who roosts right next to the door of the second coop. So whenever we open the latch to go in, she's right there to peck the snot out of our arms. I've found that simply blowing in her face (she...

Quote: Originally Posted by kimchick621  I haven't free ranged quite as much as I did in the summer.  We've had a hawk problem and with no leaves in the trees around the coop they're more exposed.  Should I...