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Since losing all my chicks from the last batch I have done some things to help manage this problem. I agree with bigoledude 100% and have been using this exact method with my dog proof traps. I put cat food mixed up with peanut butter and a couple ounces of honey in my traps and spread a little...

Update.... I set out my traps last night and managed to catch a coon and a opossum. I'm an avid hunter but have never been so excited to catch an animal in all my life. The girls have 2 less predators to worry about. I'm my Duke DP trap I used canned sweet corn and got the opossum and in a cage...

Definitely. Thanks for your input.

It happens at night every time. I'm almost certain that it's a roccoon. I may have to go with a smaller mesh wire to stop this critter. Today I placed more traps around the yard. I'm determined to catch this thing. I have another batch of chicks about to go outside but I won't put them out until...

Hi. I just came across this post and been having a very similar problem. Just this week I have lost 7 - 5 week old chicks. Before that I lost 5 silkies. Lost 5 of the chicks in 1 night this week and then the very next day lost my last 2. I recently put a top on the run after I lost my adult...

Yesterday I decided to hard boil some of my fresh eggs. When they got done and I went to peel them the egg white was mushy.. The yolk was solid and done.. I read that not enough protein can cause this problem. Is this true and if so what should I add to my flocks diet and how much should I add...

You are lucky. I had the exact same thing happen to me as far as the chick getting in with the big girls. The difference is that one of my GC tried to terrorize it.. I could hear her cries from in the house.. The other 4 GC seemed to be okay with her.. Just that one did not like the idea of that...

The chicks shouldn't need the heat lamp anymore at 5 weeks old.. They should be good and ready to go outside permanently. They will cuddle with each other to stay warm at night. You can keep them on starter feed until they lay the first egg and then switch them to layer feed. A lot of people...

This is horrible... I hope they get better for you. I wish you the best of luck. I wish I had some ideas for you but I have nothing.

I agree with everyone.. Too cold out there for them. I moved mine out at 5 1/2 weeks old. Even then I was nervous. I set up a warm spot for them with the heat lamp which I have now done away with.. They are 7 weeks old now. I have 10 chicks. They have no problem cuddling to keep warm...

Congrats on the 4 hatchlings!!! I tried hatching some Buff Orpington eggs my first time incubating and got 0 out of 12.. I would have been extremely happy with 4. I asked that same question at day 22 with mine.. I couldn't bare the thought of tossing eggs I'd been tending to for so long and...

The dark legs are likely a pullet and the light legs are likely a cockerel.

I agree with eggcessive.. It would be easier to tell if we could see the legs though.. I once read a thread that had some pics on here that showed the difference and it was very obvious with barred rocks.The male legs looked really light compared to the female legs.. I'd look for those pics.

I took my chicks out to the coop about a week ago at 5 weeks old. I put a heat lamp in the coop that comes on with a timer. Comes on at sundown and goes off at sunup. They are perfectly happy with that and they love outside. At night they all go in under the heat lamp. As soon as it goes off in...

I've been getting eggs form 3 of my 5 GC hens.. I just recently started getting a 4th egg a couple weeks ago.. Very small eggs with very small yolks. About 1 out of every 3 eggs this hen lays will be about twice the size of her small egg but will have 2 yolks the same as her small egg yolk...

Usually I get 3 eggs out of my 5 hens. One of the two that hadn't been laying just started laying recently. Normally very small eggs. About one out of three eggs I get from this hen will be a little larger than the others but it will be a double yolk. Very small yolks. Today I got the 4th egg...

I have to agree with you on this... Mine is only 4x8' without windows.. I put clear plastic roofing on it. It has nesting boxes on the back with doors to access the eggs along with a side door to clean it. It cost me over $500 to build and I did it myself... I had about 16 hours in it.. I'd...

Yeah... Not sure if that's a risk I want to take... I have a little over an acre and a half. About half of that is wooded area. My neighbors are about 40 yards to the left and right of me. Most of my land is the front and back yard. Also, one of my neighbors has a coop. Not sure if this would...

I am very curious if you ever figured out what it was killing your chickens.

This is very interesting. I never thought of being able to do this. I figured if they got out I'd be all over the neighborhood chasing chickens and getting screamed at by neighbors. I may have to give this a try myself.