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Thanks. I will still write a letter to the BBB. They do have a symbol on their site so they are probably members and I will give them my two cents worth about this. How does your bird and anyone else's bird with a clipped beak compare to this one? Mine has a permanent hole to her mouth and...

Quote: I'm sure they are with their thumbs. They can grab with a set of hands...literally. But it was such a treat to see them and so funny the way they search through the water for fish. Reminds me of blind men looking for their glasses...lol. At least now I know what critters are in...

Luck just turned for the best I did find her...YEAH!! But she was not walking around or tucked under a bush. She was HIGH UP IN A TREE!! looking like a retarded crow. This is super chicken here...LOL. She had to have flown up into it too. There are no low branches she could have hopped...

Thats' what they are calling a "trim"??? Oh geese. It may not matter now anyway. She got out of the yard...and it's a five foot fence. I layed down about 7pm after checking up on the girls. Looked out there at 9pm to see if Chickie had allowed her in the doghouse and there's Chickie, but no...

I figured it out...LOL...peel them while they are still hot (under cold water of course to keep your hands from burning). I tap the egg all around on the side of the sink and then start taking off the shell starting at the tip. It doesn't come off in one piece, but I haven't torn an egg yet...

Do you mind saying where she came from? There's only a few hatcheries I know of that sell started pullets to ship. Meyerhatchery.com I guess I'm too new to chickens to know why the bleep they would clip a chicken's beak in the first place. Why on earth would this be done? I don't understand...

I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mad at the hatchery. OMG. I ordered this bird back in March for an early July delivery (I ordered a started pullet...a black star to accompany Chickie who is a red star). When I was supposed to get her in July, the hatchery told me there was a mistake...

JFYI...opposums are not rodents. They are marcupials and the only one in North America. The naked tail doesn't help along with a rat like face, but still doesn't make them a rodent. A rodent is a rodent if it has rodent teeth like rabbits, squirrels, rats and mice. Opposums have regular...

Quote: Yeah...just don't get distracted...LOL...

You're lucky. Working at vets I use to see dogs come in all the time with their faces poofed out from tangoing with rattlers. Most survive treatment and recover well...and sometimes they end up coming back to the vet because they just didn't learn the first time to keep their nose out of a...

Quote: So you plan on killing everything that comes around without knowing if they are the culprit instead of taking the time to better protect the chickens? No offense, but that's what this post is appearing to state and that is irresponsible. It's senseless killing. All you are doing is...

Not really. It's just a dingy flap. If Chickie can get out, the opposum can get in if it gets curious enough to wander over. I think the chicken would be able to scare it off though, but never know...the critter could be one of the bolder ones making a big try and Chickie could be in a stupor...

I am so grateful to the crows around here. They keep the resident hawk away from Chickie. Of course not intentional. They just happen to nest nearby...lol...

and BTW...a chicken will most likely kill the snake given a chance.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12634 Here's some information about snakes. Before people go off killing snakes randomly, think about what you're thinking of doing. Snakes are more beneficial than they are harmful by keeping rodents away that carry disease and...

Killing the coyote would only open that territory for another. Best thing to do is to scare it away or have a couple of good dogs. Unlike wolves, at least the coyotes usually hunt alone, so most likely you're only dealing with one animal. Making a definition of boundaries with the resident...

Pretty much like a cat. That's what I thought and opposums are wild critters, unlike the cats around here. I'll have to do some opposum proofing to the fence... Thanks

Quote: We have quite a few kingsnakes here and they differ in coloring as much as the few kings found where you're at. Also, there are lots of milksnakes and they are kingsnakes too. You might have seen a scarlet king. They are red, black and white...the red is a broader band. Black is...

Given opposums are about the same size of a cat, would they pose much of a threat to a grown chicken? I know chickens can defend themselves OK against cats, but unsure about opposums. There's a new critter in the area and has wandered into the yard where Chickie is at, but she's asleep in...

Most basic descriptions fail people. Generally because the encounter with a snake is usually seconds long. They'd rather take off when they sense you coming near them or if they do strike, do so very fast. You cannot always go by markings and you may not be close enough to see if the snake...