I have hatched Australorp, Anmericauan, and brahmas, some mixed, some pure, I would say they are average size birds. They are 3 months now.
I have them separated from the hens and in their own smaller cage. I have given them unlimited food.
1. At what age are they a decent size to...
I had a stray cat killing my chickens. It would come every few nights until I caught it with one of those humane traps you can buy. One night it broke into a cage, killed a hen and ate the head, and took the rooster. Don't let anyone tell you a cat can't kill a full grown rooster. Cats can be...
It was a stray cat. I caught it twice, the second time relocated it. No problems since. Don't let anyone tell you a regular house cat gone Will Feral can't take chickens. This one broke into a cage with 2 hens and a rooster, ate the head off 1 hen, and took the rooster.
I will not explain my experience but I have dealt with this and the best luck I had was once she has hatched the first ones, pull the eggs and put them in the incubator (its for sure, the hen is iffy). the other depends on the age difference. You should keep the ones you hatch in the incubator...
How many chicks is a lot for your hens to hatch? My hen hatched 18 on her own.
I have an Australorp I bought as at a few days old, this is her first clutch, she hatched 10 of her eggs and 8 of the Americanas that she shared a cage with. I had 2 more (one of each of theri's) in the incubator...
Everybody has such great guesses right? I have encountered a very similar problem. I finally caught what I thought would be a raccoon or a maybe a small coyote getting at my chickens but I caught my neighbors cat. Everything considered (especially that a cat was heard by my roommate during...
I WANT TO KNOW, ANY EXPERIENCE WITH CATS KILLING YOUR CHICKENS?
I don't feel like typing a long list of reasons why, but I am experienced, I live in the city in CA a few miles north of the border. Please, no suggestions on what it might be, because I have been dealing with the "possibilities"...