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With the 50+ chickens I have now and working from home I have seen the chickens eat any and every small rodent, my cats love catching mice, moles and lizards and the chickens go crazy for the free meal, chickens will hunt down any rodents they find in the pasture as well. Biggest thing I've...

This was a great article, thank you. I currently have 6 roosters in my flock 2 of them are older 2 years and 3 years old, the 3 year old is the father of the other 5 roosters and there all so tame. I have 2 toddlers running around all day and the roosters don't show any sign of aggression thank...

I've been picking and freezing all the local wild berries and giving to the chickens every day during the heat and they love it, probably like a popsicle for them.

I had to look this up after I seen one of my roosters in a nesting box, I thought it was really funny and cool that he was in there but then after several times of seeing him in there he broke an egg and starting eating it.

Has anyone figured out what chickens these are with dark grey necks that shade into a lighter grey down the body? I have 2 and they are beautiful but I have no idea what breed and all my Google searches turn up nothing.

I find outdoor nests every other day it seems, so far no nest over 9 eggs which tells me maybe at most 10 or 11 days ago was the first egg(in summer heat) and I can't tell the difference at all when cooking and eating them still very good. They don't seem to go back to an outdoor nest after...

I have a 9"w by 10"h and all chickens go threw with ease. I have 3 roosters and 1 seems very large for a roo he is at least compared to his father and brother, at least 2ft tall with huge legs that look like a turkeys and he fits just fine with that size of door, they seem to be able to squat...

I'm so sorry to hear about everyones pets its never easy to lose loved ones, the only easy way to think about it is to know they're in a better place with lots of love for them. I just lost one of my cats yesterday morning to a coyote. I've had lots of cats since I was very young but this one...

Hi I'm very new to backyard chickens, a bit of history is I just moved from the city to a 5 acre property and found what I thought was a good deal on craigslist. A person wanting to sell a flock of 50 birds for $200, 3 adult roosters(they get along), 42 chickens and 5 baby chicks. My coop has 3...