Recent content by Dand AL

Ummm, I realize this is an older thread, but YES squirrels DO EAT EGGS! I have multiple videos of them stealing multiple eggs per day from my coop!

Hello. We are not new to chickens as my wife raised chickens and turkeys when she was younger. We have had chickens now since 2013 (when I was a newbie). We have 6 chickens now, 2 Easter eggers, 1 Leghorn, 1 Rhode Island red, 1 Barred Rock and 1 Australorp. I found Backyard Chickens when...

We use a portable swamp cooler in their run around the coops. They generally hang out under the trees and bushes, but when it gets above 90 and I start the cooler, they hang out in their shaded, cool run almost all day! Yes...they are spoiled! We make sure they have plenty of cool water and they...