They free range during the day and are locked in a coop with an indoor shed that's raised off the ground.
I don't know how the rat got to the eggs, must have been in the few minutes when she would hop off to eat and drink.
Thank you for the suggestion to remove food.
I'm not sure how to...
We have a Silkie hen who was broody and sat on her clutch of eggs for 18 days. Unfortunately the clutch was attacked by a rat (the insides of the eggs were eaten out, and the shells remained) and only 4 eggs remained.
We moved her to a smaller, safer coop in a bid to save the rest of her eggs...
Thanks everyone :) fingers crossed they remain friends.
I would love to get 20 more hens Krista!! If I only space allowed. Well technically we have the space, just not the housing. They roam free during the day in a very large paddock (almost 1000sq meters!) but the coop we lock them in at...
We have 6 hens (3 isa browns, 2 Sussex, 1 silkie)
For now the silkie rooster and the rooster pictured are best of friends so is there any chance that they won't fight and will live together nicely? Not sure whom I would rehome :(
Bugger.
That's no good. Does this mean I will have to rehome either the silkie rooster or this one?
Currently they are best friends and the rooster pictured grew up with the silkie rooster
Hi,
Here is a Sussex we purchased as a youngster and were told it was a hen.
My friend however is certain it's a rooster?
We've not had any eggs from her, but I've not seen it trying to do its roosterly job either.
We only have 1 rooster in our flock, a silkie, and the silkie rooster and this...