Recent content by GlockGal27

My lovely girls (and boy) at feeding time!!

I have 5 Buff Orphingtons that are in a chicken tractor. They are all hens, and get along with each other fine. I have had them 6 months. My rooster and the rest of my hens are all free range and have the run of the farm. They have seen the "Buffies" and interacted with them fine until...

Thank you for your quick and thoughtful response!!

Dallas/Lincolnton

I have 6 new hens that need to be introduced to my free range flock. I currently have them in a coop to acclimate to their new surroundings and so the other birds can "see and visit" them. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions how to introduce them. One at a time? All at once?? My chickens...

Thanks to everyone who has suggested the cause/killer of my hen. I have taken barbed wire and wrapped it around the trunk of their roosting tree for about 4 feet off the ground. I am also putting a flashing light near the tree along with an owl decoy. My whole flock is sad, as am I. I wish I...

This was extremely informative. Thank you so much

Hello All, I am new to this forum (sorry I am posting this twice) and somewhat new to raising a backyard flock. We have a small flock of about 10 chickens (all mixed) that are free ranged on our small farm. The entire flock roosts in a tree in our horse paddock. Until last night, we have never...

Hello All, I am new to this forum and somewhat new to raising a backyard flock. We have a small flock of about 10 chickens (all mixed) that are free ranged on our small farm. The entire flock roosts in a tree in our horse paddock. Until last night, we have never had any issues with losing a...