Hello every one at back yard chickens. About 2 months ago i had a 5ft snake get in my coop and try to swallow 3 of my prized white silkies and ended up sufocating them in the process. Wich i walked in on at night while going to check on them and i killed the beast. I never knew it would try to...
Hey i had a major attack on my silkie flock and i have two turckeys two black silkies one white silkies and two guineas but the guineas are attacking my white silkie and so i through them out of the run do you think it was the right desicion
Screaming is a great source of conversation for these bird they need lots of room and love to run around they make great pets and beautiful you must respect their means of comuncation they may not like the way we ramble on constantly. THEY ARE GORGEOUS. oh and they are verry nice animals i just...
To avoid black head just dont use an incubator and let the mothers do what they were made for. Oh and a good thing is that if the electricity just happens to go out, you dont have to worry about the chicks dying in the eggs. Volia problem solved and if you turkey wont sit use a silkie they are...
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There's another thread about grass in the run. The only way it can survive is if you build a frame to protect a small patch. Say about 20 x 30 inches or whatever fits a spot in your run, out of 1 x 4 inch boards. Cover it with hardware cloth so they can only pick at the grass growing up...
thanks i thought if you put the egg with the level of hay in the box she could sit comfotably on the egg and cover the egg but will she raise it as her own since it will grow5 to 7 times larger than her.
I heard that if you put a raidio in you coop turn to a talk show type station that preditors wont
come near you coop. thinking that humans are in it. It will certianly frighten the racoons and opossums away. they
just wont know what to do:he
What if you planted small trees in the run for them to roost on during the day would eat those to the ground and what if i planted grass in my run before i got chickens.