This thread may be 5 years old, but it's an oldie but a goodie!
My daughter use to be in love with a banty rooster I have named "Chicken Little", (or CL as he lets me call him). CL has the greatest personality you could ever find. She even took him to my grandson's show and tell when he was in...
First I have an update about the killer. Turns out that it was my neighbors cat. So now instead of letting the rest of my flock continue free ranging on my property, (about 1.25 acres) my neighbor suggested that I should just keep my chickens in a chain link, fenced in side yard. The rest of the...
Just a quick questions for you guys, (and gals). Today I had a bantam chicken attacked and killed by a fox. I still have about seven of her eggs from her in my outside refrigerator. I don't know if my bantam rooster fertilized them or not, but if there is any way to possibly raise a chick from...
If you are really concerned that you might have a predator, you can pickup a motion detecting light and focus it on your coop area. This can sometimes give you a chance to see what it is if you can view your coop the moment the light comes on. But they probably won't stay too long after that...