Recent content by KatD

I'm thinking you're right. We hear them enough to know they aren't going anywhere any time soon and the more land that develops around us the closer they get. I hope we get him too but I don't have much hope as the forest is six feet behind the coops. We could clear the land but then the...

We are surrounded by forest. The secure Coop and run area was open so the chickens could free range in the pasture behind the house. All the chickens were clamoring a fuss and didn't want to go into the coop. They are used to cats and dogs so wouldn't run from an animal that looked like that...

So my beautiful, huge lavender Orpington 3 yr old rooster disappeared from the back yard while husband was fifty feet away from the free ranging birds, on the side of the house. Besides a few feathers not a clue as to the predator. D suddenly heard a racket and went running to the chicken yard...

In the bathroom

I don't read your recommendations for feed. I just brought home four one week old active, strong Cornish Rock and placed them in the brooder with 2 bantams of the same age. How do you recommend to feed them.

Hi Pat from Magnolia Texas! We have a small chicken farm here too. I'm anxious to know how you did in getting started. We initially ordered Dominique but got some barred rock traits in some of the birds so we brought in Red sex links and black sex links from tractor supply and have hatched...

Thanks for your good advise. Today is day 11 and I have now seen 37 of 41 embryos move in the egg. The air cells are well good. Of 41, two were not fertile, one detached air cell found on the loft under the roost, one blood ring. There were two that were upside down in the incubator for a...

AmyLynn2374: Yorkshire suggested a particular brand of thermometer which I ordered online. It read several degrees F colder than did the ones I was using. So, given the evidence of 28 day low hatch rate, I reluctantly turned up the heat and Voila! I had 27 fertile of 41 eggs and of the 27...

My black Australorpe, among others developed a fiery red swollen vent with feather loss after an atypical rainy spring. I was battling muddy runs for eight weeks, adding woodchips, straw and sand as needed, and filling water puddles. Several ladies and gentlemen developed messy fannies, bald...

pumpkin appeared in

until one day

Dominique are upright not elongated and have a rose comb with clean legs and yellow skin

there are collars that keep him from crowing but I don't know if they are humane. What type of roo is he and where does he live?

I should have lots of black chickens then since The General rules the roost. :D