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my husband would think it would be awesome to shoot rats with a gun. He'd probably volunteer to come do it for you! HAH HAH!! but seriously, maybe the poison would be a better idea. You'd get more "bang" for your buck, so to speak. Bullets are expensive... I just posted a thread about an...

DDawn, yes, just telling a story. And I realize I'm opening up myself to criticism for my stupidity in leaving the coop open all year. I realized that going into this post. That was dumb and I learned my lesson. I never expected the division betwen the opposum handling tactics, though...

My husbands #1 concern was for our hens. He wasnt about to take a risk that the opposum could come back. The hens are in a fenced off area where they roam around freely during the day and if the opposum had come back, we might not have gotten lucky twice. I dont know how big it is, I didnt...

I live in a neighborhood with few chicken predators save your typical neighborhood cats & dogs and the occassional groundhog (my biggest concern, or so I thought). There's a preserved area down the street near a canal, so we have a group of deer in the area and once I saw a wild turkey cross...

Hi, what kind of light? My friend who already owned chickens years before I did was using two 60 watt light bulbs, thinking they were warm enough and he couldnt understand why he lost 30 of his 60 chicks within a week. IMO they should be on a 250 watt red light. I almost lost two babies within...

Hi, my husband is building our first coop. I think we went a little chicken crazy and got 10 when we only planned to get 3 bantams, but ah well. He built three nesting boxes which stick out the back to give it more floor space. So, is a 4x6 coop big enough if the chickens are to be free range...

ChicknJane, i told my husband about the idea to trade. He started laughing because we dont even know if we have a rooster in the mix (although Im sure theres a good chance- seems to happen to everybody else who buys all pullets, right? LOL). I would totally be up for it. A barred rock or an...

Quote: noticed in your signature that you have araucanas. pure, not ameracauna or EE? that is so cool, my firend says he has araucanas, but I think he may have been taken for a ride. Do you breed yours? or sell chicks?

Hi to all of you. this is a great site, too good. Ive been TRYING to get off this site literally all day. I even turned off the computer only to turn it back on 30 minutes later. LOL

Gritsar- your birds are beautiful!

Here is a pic of The Phoenix ( I love that name, hahha). Does she look like a standard buff to you? In the bottom pic you can see how small she is compared to the Orp and the Barred. They're from the same local feed store, but I think they must have hatched the Brahmas a few days later even...

heres a head shot of my barred rocks. see how the color is yellow, not white? is this ok? also, neither one has a consistent head dot and here is one of them standing on the pedestal.

I did a lot of reading in books and internet and here of course. Americaunas and Aracaunas (sp?) are two distinct different breeds. The Ameracaunas have a nice website describing the breed in detail. Aracaunas have no tails and are missing a bone in that area, giving them a stunted appearance...

Quote: that was great stuff. I just went to check them. My barred rocks have yellow spots on their heads, not white. I'll upload pics of them in a minute.

Quote: I LOVE the Brahma. She is so gentle looking and sweet. How many Brahmas do you have, are they Buff? Thats why I was so worried, becasue of all the chicks I chose her (my kids/DH have theirs picked out) and she is my only Brahma. That was a mistake, should have gotten one more and one...