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Hi everyone. Its one thing after another with predators lately. I swear these animals are all out get me and my birds. Fix the hawk problem, take care of the raccoons, and now Mr. Fox shows up. Two days ago i came home to devastation in the bantam coop, the small and most likely juvenile fox...

I am not sure where to post this thread so hopefully it is fine here. I recently (within the past two months) got five Rhodebar pullers. A imported breed new to the U.S. There is not much written up about these breeds so it is hard to predict anything happening within the breed. All of the...

Please help! This year I hatched out five Rhodebar chicks. All were female. They are 19 weeks old and showing signs of sexual maturity. One of the pullets as hole in its head! I don't know how this happened maybe he cut it on the fence or the others pullets pecked at him. I don't think it would...

This morning I started to think about how long I have been keeping chickens and began to try and remember all the birds that i have had in my experience of raising poultry. I ended up writing out a whole list of birds that i have, had, sold, etc. (from what i can remember) What can you remember...

Hey everyone! Thought I would share this new and unusual chicken behavior I have discovered among my chicks. I have five eight week old silkies and frizzles in my quarantine coop straight out of the brooder. Three Silkie pullets, 1 Frizzle pullet, and 1 Frizzle Rooster. Recently I have been...

Winter's end is long overdue and i think i can speak for everybody and say Spring can't come fast enough! Up in New England it was a long, cold, slow, and snowy winter and I am praying for warmer weather. It was tough on my flock and their egg production too. I want to hear how winter went for...

Thought I would post some of this years chicks. They are growing so fast. Some of this years white silkies! Still working on names! They are so photogenic and are feathering out beautifully! Some barred frizzles. Will be posting more pictures of the frizzles...

So I rescued four Cayuga ducks that someone had left in the side of the road. I brought the ducks home only to did out that one of my hens had gone broody and hatched a chick. Yes that's right one chick out of nine eggs! The mother stopped caring for the chick after three days and left her. I...

So I am new to ducks and I have pretty much got most of my questions answered about my for cayuga ducklings. Although, I was wondering when is it okay to take the heat lamp off the babies and let them outside. With my chicks once they are all feathered out I kick them out of the brooder but I am...

Hello everybody! It has been so long since i have last been on Backyard Chickens and i am happy to be back on because I have quite the thread here... So yesterday I was walking down the road when I saw what looked like dead cat or something. It was all black and laying on the side of the road...

I have ten eggs in my still air incubator. They are at a temperature of 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit but I am confused with the humidity. My hygrometer is reading 70% and I know that is too high so how do I lower it. I am new with incubating and I don't know how to control humidity?

Over the past view days I have noticed egg production severely dropping. Today, I got 1 egg from 16 consistent layers! I do not want to have to cull my whole flock and I need to solve the problem before others hens catch on and eat the eggs too. I have searched the internet and I can't find...

Hello Everybody. Just thought I would share today's story with everybody. I am really excited because this past week I finished expanding our coop and I finished yesterday. So today went down to my friends farm where she breeds many different chickens. I got a variety of breeds to add to my...

There has been muddy footprints all over my storage box which is up against my coop fence. Luckily, there has been no sign of any animals in or around the coop at daytime but at night the same animal returns. The pictures are not the best, what could it be?

Hello everybody, Just wondering where you all get your chickens from. Chicks, started pullets, or full grown hens, it does not matter.

Hello everybody, this years chicks will include French Black Copper Marans. Any people who have or have these it would be great if you could provide me with some info. Are they docile or flighty? Do they lay eggs well? Are they a broody breed? And other things would be great! Thanks...

I will be getting silkies in the next couple of weeks. I am asking for all you silkie owners to comment everything I should know about keeping silkies.

I am sooooo excited!!! I am getting three silkies in a couple weeks. My question is can I keep the silliest with my egg laying flock or should I give them there own small coop?

I have a question about adding new birds to my flock. I have done this many times before, but plan on trying it differently this year. If I were to add more new birds than there are old birds to a flock would it help the pecking order in a positive way or a negative way? Secondly, if I took the...

I have had this problem for a couple years. I have a piece of property that used to be lush and green. It was complete with long grasses and lots of shrubbery, then I got chickens. A few years later that lush area is now a brown, muddy poop pit. This year I am planning on growing grasses in...