It’s been along time but if anyone remembers this thread I have an update. 1. We moved. 2 I haven’t lost one chicken to raccoons or anything else in 5 years. We have a 10 foot wooden fence and a concrete floor coop. I did find a neighborhood chihuahua chewing on one of my chickens but I rescued...
1. Naked Necks - they are funny looking
2. Australorps - docile, friendly, good layers
3. Salmon Faverole - best rooster I ever had
4. New Hampshires - too heavy for a hawk to carry away - nice birds
5. Silkies - delicious (just kidding)
they're all good layers - except the Silkies
I wonder if there is anyone making an order that I can go in on with them... I don't have the space for a minimum of 25 order but if someone else was making an order from a hatchery maybe I could buy a few from that order? We are quite new here and I don't know anyone else who has chickens...
I'm in Texas, and the backyard is empty, if someone has poultry, ducks or chickens etc to rehome let me know - I take in strays. I don't think I can have roosters in this area tho :(
I have to amend my comments on my coop. One night I found the racoon on the roof of my 8 foot coop. :he I think the only answer for raccoons is seal your coop. If the coop hadn't been sealed the raccoon would have gotten a head off one of the chickens, the opening without the mesh wire is big...
I have an olive egger that is a New Hampshire crossed with a mixed rooster (AmercaunaXAustralorp). She is yellow with blue legs and lays army green eggs.
I would like to hear all your experiences raising chickens in the cold northern Yukon.
What do you wish you had known when you started with your flock in the Yukon? Any advice? What are your preferred breeds to for winter hardiness, where do you buy your chicks from? Predators? Anything?
Thanks!