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I've been planning on getting started on raising meat rabbits for a few months now, and have finally started to dig my nose into it. But I've never raised rabbits before and would love a little bit of advice. I've read through different sites that a 24"x 24"x 30" would work well enough for a...

This morning I found a red tailed hawk feather right outside my coop. I had my girls running around in a separate area, lucky the hawk didn't figure that out. But now with the possible threat of a hawk flying around my home, I've been keeping the girls inside their coop. The Eagles in my area...

I've got a female and male pekin ducks which have turned roughly around four months. They've been ranging with my chickens since they were old enough to stay out side. Recently, they've been attacking my flock. Any time one of the girls walks by, one of them will start to shake their head and...

Darn right, or else I'ma get out the broom and start beating some chickens.

I mostly believe that it is indeed from the rooster being there that is making her squat so much. The rooster was just recently integrated and is the lowest in the pecking order. So no, she isn't submitting to the rooster. I got the guy from my boss at work. She said he was acting aggressive...

I've got a sassy brahma hen that always screams when she see's me. I can be on the other side of the fence, looking at the girls from inside the house, or opening the nest box for eggs, and when she see's me, Eeeaahhhh. But she's not scared of me, when I go to check on them, she always runs over...

My boss just recently gave me her Barbu d’Uccle rooster because she said it was starting to act aggressive towards her kids and was also causing her hens to go bald from him mounting them all the time. I told her to chase him around and beat him with the broom to show him who's boss, but she...

She's just starting her second year

I've got 7 girls and one of them, Mim, has stopped laying. She still uses the nest box, but never lays. Today she was squatting for a good while today, so I flipped her over and she had what appeared to be a soft egg shell of some sort.. hard to tell, but looked close enough. Mim also has a bad...

My younger ones are going to be 15 weeks old tomorrow and Definitely sure my white barred is a hen. While she acts like a rooster in front of the actual rooster, she's very much a hen. Truth be told, I care little for the rooster and have no plans on keeping him and have no prob with my white...

Lets see... Barred rock White barred rock Rhode island red Production red light brahma I just started my flock this winter and still live in city limits at the moment. Once we get things fixed up at the farm we're going to be moving out there and will really grow after that.

So my new members of the flock have settled in rather nicely with the older gals, but now that they get along, other problems are starting to appear. I've got 8 chickens all together. Older gals- Two barred rocks, and one Rhode island red Younger members- two light brahmas, one white...

So I've got three hens who have been laying since October, two barred rocks and one rhode island red. Those three gals get along to well that I cant tell who's in what pecking order. Their all spoiled down to the breast bone. If they see you, they come running begging for treats or attention...

So the Pekin ducks are going to be 8 weeks old tomorrow and I'll admit, I'm going to miss the stinky buggers. The thought of not having them out back will seem odd.. Only because I wont have to keep care of them anymore... Still just plain odd I'm going to keep them alive for just a few more...

Day three... My drakes still limping, but it seems that keeping him in the small dog cage during the day and making him swim from time to time, is helping. The occasional 'multviamins' in his water also might be aiding as well. I can tell that he hates going into the cage everyday, but...