Recent content by GuavaChicks

I want to adopt them to keep them from being euthanized and of course provide a safe haven with clean food and water and plenty of bugs and shade and trees, but I think, since these are already feral chickens, that trying to force them into a coop or run would be just as cruel. I know they are...

Thank you for the welcome and the reply! Although we are still waiting for road island red hatchling hens,(my original intention was to just get some layers) I just learned about the need to rehome these feral chickens yesterday and thought back to our time having chickens as kids. For whatever...

Thanks for the welcome and the reply! We don't have raccoon here in Hawaii or other mainland (continental U.S.) predators like fox, eagle, opossum, owls, wolves, bears or snakes etc. My main concern is keeping the eggs safe from the rats and mongoose (which we have TONS of lol). I'd also like to...

Hi, Waianae over here. Just getting started with the chickens. My question is besides Mongoose and Rats that might go after the eggs, are there any other predators out there? We have a fenced lot so dogs dont get in but cats sometimes do. Do I really need a coop? We have shrubs, trees and lots...

We had backyard chickens as a kid in the Caribbean, no coop to speak of and the hens layed in an old dryer that my parents set out for them. I now live in an agricultural section of Oahu and am thinking of getting our own flock. We were going to start with 4 hatchlings but I just signed up to...