No sings of holes and the coop door is still latched. I moved the trap right in front of the coop door tonight. I'm going to put a game cam out also. No problem at all with the layer hens they have separate runs but the coops are just feet from each other... Makes me sick to think this could be...
I have a major problem. My x-rocks are being attacked, I had 10 birds and during feeding the other afternoon I found a wing from a single bird in the middle of the run, no blood no feathers no tracks like she just vanished. I did a head count and found a total of 3 missing (with no signs of any...
I currently have 20 pullets Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rock, Golden commets. I want to add a roo to breed some birds for meat (no intrest in showing) stickly freezer. Will 1 roo do the trick or will i need more for 20 hens. I was looking at getting a New Hamshire red or a Delaware. Also dont want...
We will be finishing our coop construction this week end. Does the roost bars HAVE to be round, or can I use something like a square 2x2 for roostin bars?
We are new in raising chickens, we got our fist 7 from a feed store (sex links) they are now 4wks old I hope to have them outside full time in a couple weeks. Have 15 more due to arrive monday (5 orpington, 5 gold commet, 5 barred rock) I hope we can get good egg prod. from these. Got our...