Recent content by Talon830

My flock is only a little over a year old, I have one rooster and 14 hens. Just the other day my rooster decided to start being mean to one of our most friendly hens. He jumps on top of her and start pecking her until her comb bleeds and she manages to get away. He keeps her separated from...

I am considering raising mealworms. Should I have any concerns of causing a darkling beetle infestation in my garden/yard if some beetles would happen to escape? T

We currently have 14 hens and one rooster. We are planning on adding 15-20 more hens. The coop and run are plenty big enough to double our flock. I realize having two roosters together is usually a recipe for problems. If we should happen to get another rooster would there be so many more...

I have a plastic GHO that I move around the perimeter of my run every couple of days. It has been working well for me. I know we have several red tail hawks in our area. We see them flying around almost on a daily basis.

I have a plastic GHO that I move around the perimeter of my run. That seems to keep the hawks at bay. I have also heard if you hang some CDs around the run when the sun reflects off them it scares the hawks away. The best way to keep the hawks from your chickens is to cover your run with some...

I am going to be putting some type of cover over the run. We have several pine trees and deciduous trees that overhang the run, now that most of the leaves are gone I think that is why the hawk was able to dive into the run. The run is 20x30 so I need to make sure what ever I cover it with...

I looked up pictures of a Sicilian Buttercup. It looks just like him. Thanks everyone.

We have hardware cloth buried one foot below our fence and it extends out a foot underground also. What ever killed out hen didn't dig it's way in the ground wasn't disturbed at all. It either came from above or squeezed through the fence. But what ever killed her did it during day light hours.

He was a free rare bonus when we ordered our hens. I have my guess, but I am new to raising chickens so I am not too confident in my guessing. My guess is a Golden Penciled Hamburg.

There is some feathers scattered around, but it has also been really windy the past couple of days. We do have a lot of hawks in the area. I was thinking if it was a hawk it would have taken the carcass with it. Looks like I am going to be putting some type of cover over the run. We have a...

My wife and I are new to raising chickens. We have had them for 6 months now. Sometime this morning we lost our first hen. When I came home for lunch today I found a hen dead in our fenced in area. Something killed her between 8 and noon. She was decapitated and her side was ripped open...