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Bad news: Those darn raccoon climbed right up into the rafters and got our rooster (Big Red). So now they are all gone. We may not get new ones. I have heard that the raccoon population around here has increased by quite a bit. The coyotes have mostly moved up into the Denver metro area...

It is a choker type trap. There are wire "loops" that go down through the plastic. when the mouse pulls on the bait, it releases and the wire is snapped up and chokes

I have two of these vintage mouse traps: They work great because the chickens can't get caught in them. We put raisins in them covered in peanut butter and dredged in bird seed. Works every time. You can often get them on ebay.

That would be a great thing to have. I used to have a hook type chicken catcher, but I think I loaned it out years ago and never got it back.

He has always spent the nights up in the rafters, which is why he is still here. Yes, he will have to come down sooner or later. I hope it is in daylight!

We lost all our hens the past two nights (we only had 3, must have been a raccoon family) :hit and now our poor rooster won't come down from the rafters. We don't want him to be alone, so we will offer him to another flock-keeper. But how do we get him down from the rafters and catch him??

What breed of chickens kill mice?? Gotta get me a couple of them!

Ready for a turkey story? My husband and I raised turkeys a few years back a year that we had a grasshopper infestation. After they had cleaned out our 4 acres, they went scavenging for more, all down the road. Had to heard them back home several times. THe neighbors got a kick out of that...

My roo is named Big Red (he's a .... RIR), my two white cohins are Powderpuff and Cottonball. I can't remember my barred Rock's name, so I call her something different each itme.

I found my rooster's comb in the chicken yard this morning... This past February, the temps got down to minus 17 degrees, and froze my poor RIR's comb. Here's a pic of my other Roo's frost-bit comb: My RIR, whom I call Big Red, got his comb frozen just as bad. Someone asked what they look...

Nope, don't have a picture yet, but maybe in the spring when this is all over! I didn't get a pic of my worst rooster yesterday, so here he is: (I can't imagine how this feels)

Frostbite!! Here's my roosters: Here's my Rhode Island Red rooster, "Big Red". I have had several nights this winter of zero to ten degrees, and for the past two nights, minus fifteen degrees! Here are two more roosters; one with a mostly black comb, and one with hardly any frostbite...

>>"I notice you have 30 chickens from your signature. Not sure how accutrate that is. But subtracting the three roosters plus the BO's, you still have too many hens (assuming the rest ar hens) for one rooster to be assured of keeping fertile. I have a question: How many roosters would you...

Sorry, but what does "brine it" mean?

I also need to know ... I have 6 young roosters, (large breed) 5 months old, just started crowing. Is this a good time to butcher them?