I'm sorry for your loss...Are you planning to build a run with a fenced in top? Our chicken run/house is built so nothing can get in. It has a fence on top, fenced completely around, with the fence buried a foot in the ground. Knock on wood, we've never had a problem with predators.
We just built our first coop and would like to plant something inside as shade for the chickens. Does anyone know if Cocoplums and their fruit are safe to be eaten by chicks/chickens?
Its a very sad situation for the children. Obviously the parents won't be coming home anytime soon. I just hope that the social worker responsible for looking out for the childrens best interest is thinking the same thing and checks in on the children unexpectedly from time to time. But the...
If you watch the news clips, they stated that the five children are with family members. Are the children safe with the family members? Where were the family members all this time? The parents didn't get themselves into this situation overnight.
We recently bought 7 chicks. They are a month old now, and noticed that one was loosing the down on the back of her neck. So we have been peeking in on them a little more, and finally noticed another one pecking the back her neck. She didn't seem to mind, she just sat there. Is there a reason...