Recent content by Navi723

Thank you. That's probably the only way I'll have peace of mind.

This morning I went out to tend my two silkies and found one of them lying on the ground in their coop, with no signs of injury at all. She looks dead, but occasionally her foot or head will jerk. Maybe comatose? She feels cool to the touch and has a slight odor, not bad, but sort of like...

Just went out to shut up the pop hole, a little late because of soccer practice, and discovered a cat or cats had been inside the coop, ripping feathers out of my hens again. Seriously… it's making me very upset. The girls aren't laying at all now, feathers are everywhere, and I have a pack of...

I live in a strange area. We have nearly an acre in a agri zoned block in the center of a small residential suburb outside of Oklahoma City. The neighbors across the street can't have livestock, but I can. There are a lot of neighbors, and quite a few cats, but mostly we're left alone except...

Okay, now we're getting some ideas. Thank you ladies. I'm not offended in any way by your comments. I DON'T want to kill the cats. I like cats. I just don't like cats killing my chickens. I think there is some confusion… my COOP is predator proof to my knowledge, nothing gets in if the...

The coop is predator proof, to my knowledge, as long as I close the pop hole at night. Up until now I've been able to do that and nothing has gotten into the coop. So it's my run that's not predator proof apparently. I can see a place or two that needs an upgrade, and I will to that, I just...

I'll start looking around from some geese. Thanks!

This is all true. Although another concern with the Roo is that HE will cause problems with the neighbors. I live in a suburban neighborhood that just happens to be zoned agri on my side of the street. Some of the neighbors are country folk, but others are not and aren't going to appreciate...

I would totally consider getting a goose, but I know nothing about them. Do you house it with the chickens?

Sigh. I've had several roosters. The aggressive ones did just as you say, but they also attacked me and my kids, so we ate them. The last one we had was a sweetheart, and he was pretty good about alerting the hens to hawks, but he did nothing when the coons came and then the dogs ate him. We...

Yes, pretty much. Unless there's something else I haven't thought of. I'd prefer not to have to kill them, but I can't think of anything else to do. We may be moving in a year or so, and I didn't want to add to my flock just to have to move them, but maybe I'll have to consider the rooster...

I actually have talked to the neighbors and they're concerned that I'm going to shoot their cats, since I said I was going to shoot the larger cat that DID kill one of my hens (he belongs to someone else). They can't control these cats because they're barn cats and not tame. They have to live...

Firstly, I know it's cats, I've seen them myself, so I'm sure it's not skunks, coons or any other creature. :) There are three or four neighborhood feral cats (that my neighbors claim and feed) that are coming onto my property, attacking my full grown hens during the day, not killing them...

I am so sorry. I know exactly how you feel, because the same thing happened to me today. We had a raccoon massacre a few weeks ago, and I lost seven then. Out of the remaining 21, this morning neighborhood dogs killed seven, four others are missing, one, possibly two, will have to be put...

Okay, that's just plain funny! I don't need any more chicks, but this hen is very serious about her broodiness. I have to break her of it every two weeks or so. It would be nice having her mind on chicks rather than imaginary eggs. Thanks!