Recent content by Mavrik

I don't want the cat as a pet oldrooster, I'm just going to train to not to be too afraid of me and call my place home base. The kitten doesn't seem very old, the rest of I'll remove. I'm hopping the feral cat is just passing thought and takes the rest with her.

I meant the chickens got upset. Have you ever been to the circus were they have trained big cats? Just about anything can be trained, it depends on the trainer and just because you are not able to do it, doesn't mean it can't be done. I've trained my chickens not to go onto the road among other...

I just found a feral cat with five kittens after I started this thread. It's not clear why the concern over a cat living in the "wild". They did this before we came along. Why do people keep saying cats can't be trained. Here are a bunch of them that were trained to roll over on command...

I'm asking how to train co-existence and the time frame it takes to do this.

I was thinking of introducing an outdoor only cat for rodent, etc, control. But I have concerns since my crew free ranges (open acres) and have gotten upset with stray cats. What kind of time frame and training does this take for the chickens to accept a cat?

Interesting, some things I didn't think of here like the FRP and 4' roof overhang. I like the recessed lighting idea too. I was also thinking of a work/storage area with sink for cleaning auto water bowls, pasty butts and doing first aid. My present coop has some of the other stuff like auto...

If you had unlimited funds to custom build a chicken coop what would you have in it? Pictures, drawings welcome. This is not an entertainment thread, need ideas. I've had chickens for many years.

One of my 45 day old chicks just tried mating. What!? This dude is 4.5 months early. Anyone else seen this before?

While I've had chickens for years, I'm new to having roosters, one year now. The roosters are tearing the hens up. Two hens have skin exposed (wings and backs) and starting to bleed. I have 8 hens and two roosters (9 chicks in the brooder). Only one rooster mates, this one kicks butt if the...

An adolescent is a cockerel, this is a rooster (over a year old) I should rephrase the question; At what age did your roosters mating frequency decline?

I'm not asking to insure viability of hatching eggs, my rooster is too enthusiastic doing his "job". I need to know when/if he will mello out.

Will roos mate less as they age? At what age is there a noticeable decline?

It's not bumblefoot, I know bumblefoot very well. This is a strange growth.

On a 19 day old BO chick I found a brown growth on both foot pads and no it's not poo, I soaked and washed her feet. I clipped them off and the chick didn't jump (or blood), so there was no feeling in them. There is a cluster of little 'fingers' growing out of the pad, the other BO of the same...

Earlier today I could hear movement in all of them with a stethoscope. Now I can only hear activity in one of them.