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Well got all my girls and roo enclosed n their coop for the night attached a board to the opening of their coop hoping it will keep out whatever predator is taking them. Wish me luck!

They have been attracted during the night everytime. Didn't come back last night but have cameras set up to try and capture exactly what it is.

Need some advice.... Something keeps getting n2 my pen and making off with my hens. Hens started going crazy n pen Saturday early am husband and I went out he saw eyes n trees and fired his rifle at it. Same thing happened early Monday am this time it got one of my hens and took with it we heard...

Thanks for posting this, I also have a rooster that has just started crowing about 3wks ago now but has been jumping on the hens back for months. Was wondering when I could start to expect to be getting some fertile eggs. He definitly has his "favorite" girl, she follows him everywhere to. Am...

Just heard my rooster crowing for first time (yay!) should he be fertilizing eggs yet? He looks like he is mating with the hens. I am trying to get my BO to go broody for the 1st time and get some chicks the natural way. Any suggestions or advice would be great :)

Fortunately I arrived b4 they got eaten but too late to save them dogs (2) killed them and I pulled up n driveway and dogs took off. It's frustrating kinda hoping that this one I have is a rooster (that doesn't crow) so maybe I will hatch my own instead of having to keep buying more

My dog loves loves loves him some chickens. He is on a shock collar and hens have kinda learned where they and he can go so they stear clear but he watches them and if they are engrossed in their grazing he chases them. Labs love their birds!

You are lucky to be able to keep urs free range I have lost too many to dogs running through my property so now they only allowed out when I am working in the yd and can babysit them. Even out mine go back to the coop lay their eggs then come back out. Thank you girls! Lol

It looks like a rooster and acts like one mounting my hens but never has crowed! Any comments on this?

I know when I first got mine they buried them under the wood chips so I thought they weren't laying yet went to clean out coop and found 6 eggs. They have learned to get n there nesting boxes to lay now. Get about 8 eggs a day from my girls

Good idea we did a raised garden last yr close to our house because the other critters deer, rabbit, crows etc were getn the veggies b4 we could. Up closer to our house we actually got the goods last summer. Their coop is attached to their pen and it's a big 10x10x6 pen that we are adding on to...

My buffs lay large brown eggs. All I have now are my buffs and Rhode Island reds and they lay brown to.

I have problems with my girls destroying my flower beds so this spring thinking about making them their own back beside their pen and planting some cheap plants in it so hopefully (fingers crossed) they will leave the ones around the house alone.

Sorry to hear about your girl have the same problem where I'm at. Big problem with dogs getting mine just lost another hen yesterday to neighbors dog she makes the 4th in the last yr. so my girls are basically confined to their coop and pen unless we get a nice day and I can stay outside and...

New to the forum here and wanted to say hello! In Dinwiddie VA. Had 15 hens down one she got attacked by dogs yesterday and think one hen maybe a roo. Doesn't crow but acts and looks like one who knows... Will replace them soon with more buff orp. They are my favs now good temperament and...