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I have had chickens that age in the past who were shy about going out. I just let them have access to outside and some took up to 2 weeks to feel comfortable enough, others only 4 days, and yet others about a week. I would think if you just keep them feeling safe and give them the access they...

I have an update on this. We have now found out that we have several dogs that are the culprits. yesterday I didn't see it happen but they ran through my flock and grabbed my two roosters and ran off (we were able to piece together the information after the fact). thought at first that more...

that's a tough one to deal with. I own 4.5 acres where my chickens free range. my biggest issue has been neighbors dogs coming in. I have lost a few chickens to them. I have two pit bull/lab/Shepard mixes that I have been training since 8 weeks old who are 3 years old now who guard my flock...

I had an incident that has me baffled. In my coop I house almost 30 chickens which include two roosters, plus a Tom turkey (royal palm) 4 turkey hens, 2 being a royal palm the other two are bigger Bourbon Reds. I know for a fact that a fox has gone after my chickens when they free range but...

awesome! congrats to you as well! :) I saw them last fall at our county fair and fell in love with them, they are going to be my daughters first birds to take care of (7 and 6 years old) along with some Silkie Bantams (under my supervision of course haha) am pretty excited. Happy Easter! Lisa

I am getting Call Ducks for my first time in hopefully May (depending on the breeders hatching success). I haven't seen any threads or much info on Call Ducks. Anyone on here familiar with raising them? my biggest question would be how they deal with winter weather that runs up to 30 below...

thank you!

Hi, just joined today but have been coming to this page for a few months now so decided it was time to join. I live in maine and currently have 39 chickens and a couple turkeys, along with rabbits, dogs and cats haha I homeschool my 3 kids (1st grade, kindergarten, and preschool) and integrate...