I am super new to this so I'm glad I found Backyard chickens now.
I lost my first set of babies but still have my hens and a rooster.
Just bought 6 new babies/not babies really to replace and learned quickly that the mama hen does not like them lol.....separated quickly.
I'm in south Carolina in a neighborhood soooo I'm going with that big fat yard cat I seen the other day or a possum. Not sure what got my babies the other day. We have turned the coop into fort knox and bought 6 "teenage" chickens. Mama chicken knows they are not her babies and pecked at them a...
I would never use a poison. I really don't want to kill it either but I just need to know what I'm dealing with. My neighbor up the street said something got his chickens last week. TY
Sure thing. These predators are something serious, I had no idea. The 2nd hen and the rooster are still at the other house because I think she is sitting on eggs so I didn't want to bring him so he could protect her. They are just free ranging in the country. I built this coop that got...
The guy up the street said something got his last week so I don't know. We used poultry fencing and covered the top. Looks like some digging did happen on the ground along the edges that I didn't notice yesterday. The hen survived and she was walking around this morning. I'm willing to put any...
New to the chicken game. Not by choice. My childhood home is a rental house now and when I evicted the tenants....I inherited a 2 hens a rooster and 14 baby chics!!!
I absolutely love them....I have had them for about 4 weeks. Built a pen, fed them treats, dug for worms for them and loved on...