i'm not sure about the training and the food issue, but I put my dwarf rabbit with three bantams. The birds were mostly scared of the rabbit and went out of their ways to stay out of her way. If your coop is big enough, I would say it wouldn't be a problem to keep them together, but don't take...
Bobcats and raccoons tied for first. There are so many bobcats and they'll just come right up to my house, but the raccoons will just rip the chickens necks off and through wire.
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We've had chickens since as long as I can remember, but we recently got a few bantams that my parents don't want to put with the regular flock. It wasn't my decision to get the bantams, but the task of making a new coop has been given to me. I would love to rehome the bantams, but we...
My parents have been really getting on my case for making a coop for my chickens (I'm a high school student), but they aren't giving me the means to actually make one. I've been asking them for wood, wire, etc. since before we got our new additions to our flock (in June/July last year), but they...
My chickens have been kept in a large dog kennel during the night and let out during most of the day, but recently my sister thought it would be a great idea to get a dog, so we can't keep my girls out in the open anymore (the dog will try to chew on them. It's happened before and it's...