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  1. C

    Introducing Chicks to Geese

    Hello! I’m planning on buying a huge new flock of chickens from McMurray and want to add a guard goose. We have terrible predators (I’m getting poultry netting for those forsaken hawks but we also have rats and other predators) and I think it’s a great solution until I get LGDs. Since I’m...
    • Croftfamily
    • Thread
    • chickens chicks goslings guard goose introducing chickens introducing geese predators protection
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Geese
  2. M

    Need ideas

    This is a 2 parter. 1. I need some ideas on how I can make the door to the coop more secure. So no predator can get a sneak attack. It's a TSC coop, it has the meal pull that bends and hangs on the outside when open. You can kinda see it in the first pic. 2. I have been putting dog crate trays...
  3. akf93

    Guineas for protection?

    We had our first predator attack yesterday. Three chickens gone. 😭 We are guessing fox. We free range and realize the risk. We don’t have the ability to make a run sufficient in size for our birds. At first, we considered getting a herding dog as a barn dog to help protect. But then someone...
    • akf93
    • Thread
    • guinea guinea fowl guineas predator protect the flock protection
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  4. C

    Duck beneficial to young flock?

    Hi Everyone! I have 1-month old little chickens and few-day old baby chicks...and I'm told by some that adding a duck (duckling in this case) would be beneficial as they help take care of the flock. Is there any truth to this? And, if so, do you have any advice? Can the duckling / grown duck...
  5. Why and Dotte

    What would you spend?

    It seems that poultry safe livestock guardian dogs are in high demand yet I never see any trained dogs available. I'm wondering if that's because the cost of a trained LGD is typically more than most want to pay or have the funds to pay for one. Hypothetically these dogs would be health tested...
  6. KaliFox

    Rock Springs Wyoming new to chickens!

    Hi all! Been researching the whole of homesteading really for a while, (my boyfriend and I have a dream of buying land in Saratoga) I digress, chickens became a fascination for me and as it turns out, I’m perfectly in a spot where I live on the actual EDGE of town and have the coolest landlord...
  7. My Chicken experience and thoughts

    My Chicken experience and thoughts

    First of all,I am no expert or claim to be one. I like science backed data. I have read every single book I could get my hands on. I have read every article and instruction I could find in English online. I am not a band wagon type of person nor do I jump into things without feeling informed as...
    • imneva
    • Article
    • 3 min read
    • coop hawk attack protect protection run
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Large Coops
  8. ChickenPerson999999

    Looking for a rooster

    I currently have four Easter egger hens, they were attacked by an Akita dog before Valentine’s Day. Today they got attacked by a hawk and this time one got hurt and was bleeding but not hurt too much but was missing feathers but because we started hitting the hawk she wasn’t dead. I live in New...
  9. H

    Guineas saved chickens?

    Okay so our biggest issue is goshawks - ferocious, aggressive, and brass goshawks hunt our free range chickens. They will try to murder them right on our porch! We do our very best to deter them. We recently added some guineas (successfully; knock on wood) to our flock. Still not 100 on both...
  10. slejdad

    My protective rooster (Cockerel)

    We're still new at chicken raising so this was very exciting for us....We got our first five chickens in April and one had been mis-sexed as a pullet. Once Dottie started crowing we changed her name to Dobby and resigned ourselves to having a rooster. Anyway Dobby the barrred rock rooster was...
  11. BeccaV

    Protect mother and ducklings?

    Hi everyone. I'm going to try and sum this up quickly. I'm fairly new to this and any advice would be extremely helpful. We live next to the neighborhood pond in a one street subdivision. Its in the middle of a bunch of canefields and woods. So there are coyotes and raccoons etc. Over the years...
    • BeccaV
    • Thread
    • drake hatchlings mother predator protection
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. YodaBat

    Do you trust me?¿

    New street dog adopted for the protection of my runner babies and house. Any duck-dog herding advice? His name is Denver, 2 yo male that is very obedient. I think he is a wolf.
    • YodaBat
    • Thread
    • dog protection runner duck
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. S

    Turkeys for flock protection?

    Hi everyone. I am hoping to get some advice/input about keeping a couple of turkeys for flock protection. We currently have 10 chicks (4 weeks old) that we are planning to move to their outside pen in the next few weeks. We do not have any roos (at least we think). Our pen is relatively...
  14. L

    Guard goose/geese for pet ducks?

    Hi all! After nearly losing one of my pet ducks to a hawk the other day, I am strongly considering getting a goose to help ward off predators/raise the alarm (my Appleyard drake is clearly not intimidating enough). They free range during the day and I work from home, so I'd like something that...
    • lara_k
    • Thread
    • ducks geese goose goose breed guard goose predator deterrent protection
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  15. ColleenRyan

    Keeping My Ducks Safe

    hey guys!! My 6 little duckies that hatched this summer are outside in a run that my fiancé and I reinforced. They have a hutch inside the run that they go in every night at dark. I have a hunting camera in my yard and I checked the card today and it picked up numerous sightings of cats in my...
    • ColleenRyan
    • Thread
    • ducks help hutch design predator predator control protection
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Clevelcj

    Hero Rooster

    I limited free range my 1 RIR rooster and 8 hens. Out at dawn, in the coop at dusk. Today I came home from work and found 3 large piles of feathers and my Roo's body. I lost one hen and another is missing quite a few feathers. It was clearly a case of my roo giving his life for the hens (the...
  17. ColleenRyan

    About to move my duckies outside...

    hi guys! So I incubated and hatched 6 ducklings this spring. They’re my little babies but they’re getting big now and I’m moving Them to their hutch outside soon. I have a secure hutch for them to be locked in at night. The whole area is going to be fenced in for them during the day. Hardware...
    • ColleenRyan
    • Thread
    • duck ducklings hutch outside living predators protection
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. jimwaltman

    Stop predators tunneling under the coop walls

    Coop is pretty well protected except at the bottom of the walls. What can i do to keep animals from digging under bottom of walls? Thanks
  19. G

    Fallen comrade

    this actually happened some time ago. We’ve since come to terms. But i’ve Had the "in memory of" sketch sitting, it had to be completed. I like to think our Orp went out in a blaze of heroism. She was trying to warn us all morning.
  20. Should You Get A Rooster?

    Should You Get A Rooster?

    So.... maybe you're thinking about adding a rooster to your flock? I know that it can be quite the debate, but the reason why that I've created this article is to help make your decision a little easier. Let's begin by going over all of the pros and cons of keeping a rooster...
    • Wolfefarmyard
    • Article
    • 5 min read
    • agression chicken protection raising rooster
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Member Pages
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