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Hi all - the Bobcats are back with a revenge this year. On Sunday, my hubbie and I were watching our chickens free-range when all the sudden, a large, stray dog came running up in our back yard (we have 2 open acres that are very secluded-tons of trees). As soon as we stood up, he bolted...

Was at Lowe's recently and couldn't believe I saw a large canister of dried meal worms on the shelf and for only $6-7. Says it's 6 oz. which fills up about a 4-5 measuring cup. Sweet deal! Had plans to start my own live mealworm production, but other things have taken over my list of...

A few days ago, i lifted the nest box to find a 5' to 6' snake coiled up in one of my nest boxes and it had just supped on one of the eggs. Thinking it was a water moccasin (we have lots of those here!), I had my husband deal with it. I should have known that something was up since 3 of my...

I've had a horrible 16 hours...for the past several years I've had problems with a neighbor's (I'll call him Billy) American Pit Bulldog, Lefty, coming to MY yard and trying to kill my Golden Retreiver, Buddy. After the 4th attack, which could have killed me in front of my children's terrified...

I have a 21 week old EE that is acting egg bound. Earlier this a.m., she was in the nest box for a bit and I heard her "bawk bawk I've laid an egg" song, but when I checked there was no egg. She returned to the nest later in the morning, but again I found nothing. She laid her 1st egg last...

I left a large sack of dried molasses intended for my yard on my driveway by a side door. This weekend, my husband was trying to gather it into a container because the bag had torn apart due to rain, etc., and found a large colony of black soldier fly larvae on the bottom. Since my chickens...

I have 4 NHR's (16+ weeks), 4 BO's (15+ weeks) and 3 EE's (16+ weeks). Two of my 2 NHR's that are a tad over 16 weeks old are both doing the "I'm getting ready to lay" act: all the sudden their combs and wattles turned bright red, they "assume the position" when I try to reach for them, and...

I have always mulched-cut my grass as I'm an organic gardener. Unfortunately, I cannot allow my chickens to truly free-range (they're in a large run) due to neighborhood dogs. However, I just got a new lawn mower that came with a grass catcher and thought, geez, I bet my chickens would love...

I have 4 New Hampshire Red chickens that are 13 1/2 weeks old. I'm pretty sure that 3 are pullets; however, 1 is a bit more developed in the comb and wattles and they are a deeper rose than the other 3. All of their legs and bodies are about the same size, except the one in question has much...

I've seen several posts concerning people having to use somewhat toxic sprays to fend off mosquitoes while feeding or spending time with their flock. A few years ago, while on the Texas coastline, I discovered that a lotion I was using to help with my dry skin from the sea salt kept mosquitoes...

Today I had to do a heavy clean out in the coop due to the unbelievable rain we've had the past 2 days in North Texas. Prior to cleaning, I gave my 11 chicks (8 and 9 weeks old) about a cup and 1/2 of cracked corn in their run to keep them busy cuz I didn't want them exposed to the DE etc...

Hi all - I have 12 new chicks: 4 New Hampshires and 4 "Americaunas" born on 3/2 and 4 Buff Orpingtons born on 3/8. They all came from the same place and all appear great except for one-the smallest Buff. She sometimes open and closes her mouth (like a baby bird does when it's hungry), but...