Recent content by MikeWu

I used traps before and caught a few foxes. But the problem is they breed very fast and you can never catch them all. They will keep coming back. My best experience is to keep dogs close to the coop. And keep some geese around too, as geese will alert the dogs when fox approaches at night.

Yes I've considered the Great Pyrenees, since it's ranked No. 1 in poultry protection dog. Akbash ranked No. 3, but I got Akbash mainly because our summer is very hot and Great Pyrenees has long hair, less tolerant to heat than Akbash. Wish you all the best with the new puppy and share your...

yes our summer time can reach 120 sometimes, and Akbash has short hair compared to Great Pyrenees, so more tolerant to heat. I agree with you on the work required to train them, especially when they are under one year old. My boy puppy killed by accident a few chickens, not to eat them, but just...

We live in a county island, where the surrounding areas are city streets and buildings. When we moved in we had some fox attacks, and I thought being in a county island, there should be only a few foxes, so if I trap and remove all of them, I should be at peace. First one was easy, it fell for...

Thanks for the suggestions. I quickly put a box and light bulbs together and put eggs in there. 3 chicks came out! Unfortunately 2 died in the broody box. One egg was probably never fertilized and got rotten, the other one with dead embryo, probably due to exposure to cold. I'm glad I saved one...

Thanks for all the good wishes. But as of today the hen is out and about with the flock, leaving the unhatched eggs dying. I do not have an incubator to help with the hatch. It will be too late if I purchase on online and wait for it to be shipped over. I will construct some better broody...

Recently one of my barred rock hens went missing. I've noticed some chickens fly over the block wall to neighbor's property and I went up the wall to install another 6 feet tall net on top to keep them in. As I was up the wall I found my missing hen, sitting in a pit shaped structure hatching...

I'd love to see one of my hens hatching little chicks. Hope some day that will happen. If you let chickens into your house, how do you deal with their poops? Birds are not like mammals who can control their pee and poop.

I started with 9 eggs but only 5 cracked and only 3 came out. 1 died a few days later. The other 2 survived to adolescence but lost their lives to Merek disease. The only way I would get chicks now is ordering with Merek vaccination.

I would love to hatch chicks the natural way: let a hen hatch and raise chicks. My hens very went broody (I only had them for a year). What should I do to induce broodiness? Someone told me I should make a dark space to let hens feel more secure and private, others say some breeds will never go...

Yes I know there are too many roosters. Someone was giving up their roosters so I just took them in. I might need to eliminate some of them and keep only 1 or 2 best ones. I had 8 hens but lost 7 of them to Marek's disease. This year I ordered 25 pullets all with vaccination. I will get them...

This is my big White, first rooster in the family, currently the 2nd one in command. I got him from our local slaughter house when he was an adolescent. He lost the back end of his comb to another adult rooster, who died later in an accident. This is my Rock, leader of the pack. His...

Plymouth Rock, leader of the pack. His crowing is so loud that people can hear him from a mile away. White rooster, 2nd in command. Americana, the challenger. My entire flock. I started with 8 chick pullets. When they started laying I got them the white rooster to keep...

Plymouth Rock, leader of the pack. His crowing is so loud that people can hear him from a mile away. White rooster, 2nd in command. Americana, the challenger. My entire flock. I started with 8 chick pullets. When they started laying I got them the white rooster to keep...

Thank you Lobzi so much for the reply and insight. It seems most people in the forum are inexperienced chicken owners like me, not being able to offer any insights. Would love to see more posts from people like you. It makes me feel good to at lease know the culprit of my chicken's death. I...