Recent content by Cochese

About 2 1/2 weeks ago, I lost my Easter Egger rooster. Although I didn't see what took it, I know it was a coyote because we have seen coyotes on 2 different occasions come right into the yard from the cornfield and chase them. I have lost 5 hens in the past year and a half and this time...

I am new to posting here but I would like to share with everyone about my ongoing incubation. In the past, I had a low hatch percentage rate and didn't know why. I am using one of those Little Giant incubators with an automatic egg turner. This incubator came with a little cheap thermometer and...

I live way out in the country and encounter coons, cats, minks, etc. I encounter a wild cat occasionally sitting outside the pen watching my chickens. I have invested too much into them to hope critters won't somehow make their way in. Plain and simple, if they are still there when I come back...

Well, I am a new subscriber and this is my first post. Unfortunately it is snot a post I wanted to make. Be aware everyone that if you live in the midwest where Buffalo Gnats are a problem to protect your checkens as best as you can. I went out yesterday morning to feed mine and found 2 of them...