Recent content by worrywart

We have a ton of fox where we live. After one bad neighbor dog incident, we put up a solar powered 6v electric fence. One strand about 10" off the ground and a second about 4 ft. My husband works for a wildlife management agency and he has friends who are professional trackers and trappers...

Lucy...not to happy to be in the broody breaker.

So you don't think that going from say 50 degrees (heat subsided) to the teens is problematic for young birds? I thought I had read that drastic drops can be hard on a flock. I am willing to learn from more experienced flock owners just don't want to blow it. I've only been keeping birds for...

Hi, We received a batch of baby chicks that hatched January 13th in the mail in an attempt to replenish our flock after losing the majority of our birds to a husky in December. I have only 2 hens remaining at they have some pretty bad PTSD from the attack so we decided to get chicks ASAP so...

I live in bear country and just ordered some rubber bullets for our shotgun. My neighbor said they have worked famously for him and that the bear doesn't visit anymore after getting thumped. No one wants to deal with a dead bear in their yard, it's a mess and sad to kill a beautiful animal...

I turned the light off last night. The girls slept like a rock (barred rock) until 6:45 am. I set my alarm to check on them every hour from 3:30 am on. I turned the light timer back a bit so it will go on at 4:30 tomorrow am instead of 3:30. It is still cold but at least not windy, I may...

Thanks Obsessed....that is what my husband said. The coop cam was only $48 on amazon...

Yep the camera has infrared so I can see them at night. I may turn the timer off tonight just to see what happens without the light coming on. It's supposed to warm up after tonight a bit so I'll have some time to make a door if needed? Thanks!

I recently began using lighting to keep egg production high during the cold winter months. I live at 7,000 feet in the eastern Sierra so it's a dry, cold winter environment with lots of sun, speckled with some intense winter snowstorm that can leave anywhere between 6-36" at a time. Because...

Hi everyone..I am a new chicken momma and I have 5 hens. 3 barred rocks, one golden comet, and one road island red. They are about 5 months old and I have received 3 eggs this week! I have lots of questions but will save them for the appropriate place...thanks for such a great forum!