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I'm a little confused by some people's oh the dog reaction. I love dogs, and have in my life ended up with a few animal aggressive ones. It's one thing if the dog has a secure home and a dedicated owner who is willing to put in the work to keep their pet within the boundaries of their property...

Well if you're that worried about the impact that much just don't let them witness or be apart of the process. When you're not comfortable something will turn out well it's okay to not involve the kiddos. You know your children better than anyone here. Yes this could be a teachable moment if...

Mine are about 3 1/2 weeks and I have plans to try removing one of the brooder walls and letting the little ones come and go into the coop through a small door when they're a bit bigger. Right now as the older (4 months) birds are still settling into the new space, I want to keep them separate...

Our Australorp hen Penny is definitely a leader. She is the largest, now that the Australorp boys are out of the picture. I put Danny, our Silkie rooster, in with the girls so the bigger roos don't bully him. I think she was not impressed with my choice and wanted to be with the larger more...

You're not the only one!! Last night was our girls first night in the new coop I've made in the back of our shed. We are separating out our 3 extra roos and they are getting to stay in the old coop which is smaller, while the girls and tiny Danny get the upgrade. I didn't know that chickens...

I found someone willing to take the chick and she's now in her new home!

It just seems a bit cruel to raise her as a pet. She's already almost twice the size of the others and her whole life we'd be trying to keep her from eating herself to death. These types of birds just don't seem built for healthy long lives. They're designed to live fast and eat everything in...

Accidentally ended up with a meat chick, likely Cornish Cross, with my order of pullets. Don't want to raise her alone, plus I'm not into that side of farming. So she needs a new place to go. I'm not sure of the gender but since it was in with my pullets I call it a girl.

I think one of the mystery chicks I recently got at TS is actually a cornish cross. We aren't really a farming family so she'll end up being a pet. The problem is I only have 1 like her and I don't want to separate her from the other 5 chicks and raise her alone. I'd rather keep her with her...

The unidentified white chick was in the brown leghorn pullet bin. It was suggested that it might be a meat chick left over from an earlier batch that they just transferred to the new group. Does anybody know enough about meat chicks to verify if we picked up a cornish cross or something similar...

So some kind of maran then, awesome! That one will be neat to see grow up to find out what exactly the color is. So out of the 6 girls: Whitish yellow: ? Black : Australorp Black feathered feet: French Maran Brown: Speckled Sussex Golden: ISA Brown Golden 2: ? One of the golden ones has faint...

Do barred rocks have feathered feet like my little girl? I know one of the 2 black ones is an Australorp, but the other one is a barred something for sure. I was looking and saw pictures of french marans that had the barring and the feathered feet and apparently there are barred cochins but I...

Well I gave into temptation and bought some pullet chicks at TS, and this is what I came home with: 4 mystery girls, an Australorp and an Isa Brown. The large yellow one was in with the brown leghorns, so it might be from a straight run idk but 50/50 chance its a lady. The black one with the...

Dog: If I don't move maybe the fluffy dinosaur won't see me... Goose: Why is he staring? Do I have grass in my bill or something?

If the dog tried to bite you, you probably have more leverage with animal control. It has killed livestock and attacked a person and would definitely be considered a dangerous dog. If the people are as negligent with their animals as you say, they may be the sort to deny that it's their dog or...