I'm sorry to disagree about shooting at them without killing them. If you intentionally miss a coyote or fox all u r doing is educating them. I do know what I am talking about my husband has been around the country educating people on not educating predators. They do not think like humans they...
great job! i'm a firm believer if the dog grows up with the chicks or vise versa they will not harm them and having a dog as a guardian is way better than anything else. ;)
that to me seems like a ridiculous answer chickens are made to eat grasses. more like she swallowed something way to big i have had chickens get a piece of sinew way to big for her. she was doing the same thing i pulled it back out and she was fine but being the little piggies they are sometimes...
We free range our chickens on 5 acres. We have over 50 of quite a few breeds they can go where ever they want. We have net wire around the whole place except the back where there is a river. They usually stay close to their barn where they have netting over a 50 x 50 ft area in case a hawk or...
my chickens are protected by many sources. 1) a rooster he warns when there is danger 2) my dogs bark when predators are around 3) good fencing buried 1ft down and the coop part is netted on top for when they run for safety 4) wire fencing 2ft in height is layed on the ground around the pen to...
We have had chickens, goats, sheep and turkeys for years. We have found that having a few big dogs around is very good when the animals hear the dogs they go the other direction. But even though that seems to be our biggest deterent it isn't our only one. We have two live traps set up at all...