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That is most certainly a rooster. He's very handsome though!

Hello, A family friend's son was seriously burned from the chest up over his head and down his back (Flash burned) in an electrical accident earlier this week. He is in ICU and is expected to be there for months. He's going through some very terrible pain and to top it off he has been told that...

Great job on your catch! I honestly have never used the golf ball trick because when I was a child hanging out in my uncles barn I watched a snake eat and regurgitate a golf ball. Another trick my uncle would use was to take store bought eggs and inject them with antifreeze, not that I am...

I don't know about Dobbies and snakes. But with the breeding down of most breeds getting a useful dog can be challenging indeed. I have a friend that raises and swears by JRTC (jack russell terrier club) dogs as a posed to AKC. She says that AKC dogs are breed for pet quality and that most of...

I certainly understand wanting to keep everyone separate if there is trouble in the ranks. But I didn't think hens or roosters attacked each other once the lights are out? I was always told this and have assumed it to be true, does anyone know if it's true or not? Either way I think you'd be...

Well this is a tough one isn't it? We could have you roast them, or we could have you make dog toys of them.... Hmm do you have some kind of garage you could keep them in just while you were gone? A garage tends to be cooler then a coup if it's well insulated. I guess if I had to choose I would...

If it was my run I would put a bundle of loose bird netting at the bottom of the run and then go up six inches from the bottom with a high voltage electric wire. If you get the wire to hang about 2 inches away from the fence it's attached to, there is no way a snake will get past it, and it will...

I hope everything is going well with your chick. I don't think anyone really understand how chickens think but I think you should try boarding them together if you haven't all ready since chickens don't like being alone and can die from the loneliness. Plus as I said before it will take some of...

The fact that it is taking water is a good sign. How long has it been since it last ate? You could try some oatmeal in warm milk, or scrambled eggs. You might have to force it a bit at first. As soon as you do get the chick eating again I recommend taking the least dominant hen of the three that...

I think some more info is in order here. How old were the chicks and what kind of dog is it? This doesn't sound like a dog attack to me, unless they were brand new hatchlings I highly doubt a domestic dog would eat 8 chicks without a single trace, again unless they were very small. I would check...

Classic coon attack! They pull the unsuspecting chicken right through the fence, as much as will fit anyway, and then they eat all they can get. It is very typical for you to go long stretches, even years before an actual attack takes place. There is usually some driving force, like too many...

Hmm, it appears to be a nigrum vitulum of the angus variety. He is perhaps confused by the large black rooster in the foreground, mistaking him for a long lost relative. I believe the only real danger they pose is to the pocket book, since nearly half of the viewers of these pictures will fall...

Well, it's that time of year again...Snakes can be very intimidating I agree. But really if you just learn which ones pose a real threat and which ones are harmless to you then they aren't so bad. For example even if you were bit by say, a harmless garden snake, it feels something like getting...

I have never heard of such a thing as bobcat taking down a mini donkey. I suppose if it was a really little or young mini donkey it could happen but I have a hard time believing an adult mini donkey could be killed by a bobcat. In fact I used to live out on an old homestead in Texas and in this...

You could always get a mini donkey, they don't require very much land at all, no more than goats do. And they are very good protectors. However I do know how farming in Texas goes these days...Seen any decent rain there lately? I hope it isn't as bad as last year was. We saw nary a drop for 9...