Well to guard chickens, I really would not recommend a dauchshund! I have one and she has killed a chick in the past. She hasn't done it again, although, she's tried. The perfect guard dog, in my opinion is the Australian Shepard. My first dog, named Shelby, used to literally babysit me! I have...
Hello all! I'm about to go outside and dust my chickens for mites. I've never had a problem with mites before, but my chickens started dying off one by one and the other day I went to the coop and found my sebright hen dead on the floor with hundreds of mites crawling all over her! I had...
I have a rooster that has a very cloudy eye. He can barely see out of it. I noticed it when he was about 6 months old. He is almost 2 years old now! His eyes haven't ever been watery like your roosters and whatever it is probably isn't the same but, my point is, that as long as they are behaving...
Okay, so a friend of mine bought me a pullet as a gift at an agricultural fair yesterdayShe is a beautiful dominique! I've named her Josephina (Josie for short). We brought her home yesterday and I gave her water in a dog kennel so she'd be away from my flock. She is only 12 weeks old so she...
My dad has already built the perfect coop for my chickens! One detail it has that I love, is window boxes filled with treats that grow for the chickens. Congratulation on your (soon to be) new coop!
My dauchshund has killed one chick. I have 11 roosters and once they grew up they learned to protect the hens with thier lives. The dogs have never messed with the chickens since. The way I look at it is this: if the dogs can get in, so can other predators and that shouldn't be able to happen.
Oh yeah, roosters are awesome!!! Call me crazy but, my next chicken project just might be to take in all the local wayward roosters and house them in our barn. Wish me luck! As you can see, I'm a little obsessed...if only it didn't cost so much to feed them all
This is Rex Goliath, another one...
I'm sorry you've had a bad day. I haven't ordered thier assortment but, I've orderd from MM hatchery twice. My birds have always arrived healthy and adorable. You should expect a few of them not to make it (2-3 is usually the norm) But it is a fact of life, sad but, true. Good luck with your...
Great photos of your rooster 'fishnet1971'!!! He's a red-star right? I'm going out on a limb here and I'm assuming he's really spoiled
This is Jonah. He's the head-honcho-hotshot on our farm. He generally gets whatever he wants...
Thanks for explaining! I really appreciate it!!! So... if I breed a self-blue with another self blue, will I get some black chicks or do they breed true? I'm a little confused with that Thanks for your help!!!
There was only supposed to be one rooster in my flock (Yeah right!) Now I'm the insane chicken girl in my nieghborhood with the 11 roosters! Roosters are all very different, each with thier own habits and mannerisms. Now let's post pictures, ask questions, critique each other and share stories...