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No harm in killing something that would kill your something.

I don't want to think she's nuts. I always take the view in a dispute that the other side feels that they are being completely reasonable and fair, even if they're not. I think she may feel defensive about her choice of dog breed (her pitbulls are nice enough but could use a little more...

I offered to move the swingset and wood from near the fence so they'd be less likely to jump up. I'll do that this weekend. I think my ideal solution is one that answers her concern or worry, but doesn't cost me money I don't have - one of the reasons I got chickens in the first place. ;) One...

I'd be happy to do that if nobody adopts her. I think one problem is that because she dominates and guards the food, she is now half as big again as the other chicks, so she will always try to take a dominant position. I tried having two or three food locations so she couldn't guard them all...

If my chicken should fall in her yard and be eaten by her dog, and I had no desire to sue or claim damages, what liability might I face?

First some background: I have a good relationship with the neighbors on either side of me, and one behind. I have not met the other neighbor, who is the focus of this post. We have a 6 ft wood fence between us, which I own. They have junk trees growing 2" from the fence, which have pushed my...

Hi all, I have a problem pullet. :/ I bought two reds and two Ameracaunas three weeks ago. The Reds are friendly, and the smaller darker Ameracauna tends to hang with them when they actively seek out human company (which is nice, because I haven't had that happen before until they were...

That's more like what I expected. This RIR has laid an egg daily for three weeks without a break. City Girl thinks maybe she's just really happy and content... We;re due for a cold snap in the high 80s next week, to break this string of 100+ days, so let's see if a temperature drop makes a...

This is a bit of an odd one. For me. I have one of my chickens (RIR) laying an egg every day. Since she started laying, she hasn't missed a day. She hops in her box at 8:40 to 8:50am and is done by 9:30 or so, rain or shine, without fail. She hasn't taken a day off yet. The conventional...

Hi all, Now I have eggs coming, I want to be able to track egg production by my girls. In particular, I want to track daily egg production to create graphs to show average weekly and monthly results, and to track seasonal changes in production. This will help me work out what is a normal...

You can't show a chicken you no longer have. Which is more important, showing the bird, or having the bird?

Not a comment on if you're doing the right thing with your chickens, but you're definitely doing the right thing with your children. As a farm-raised free-range child myself, I know just how freeing it is to not be afraid of animals. That to understand the animal's needs and motivation allows...

I'm a less experienced chicken owner, but I have already learned the quirky and varied personalities of my chickens, and enjoyed the eggs. Sometimes, I like to present my chooks with entertaining situations to see how they handle them, or fail :) After noting that on a hot day, they...

And what's more - YOU HAVE AN EGG! :)

I'm guessing they mean there was egg white but no yolk. If your chickens were briefly stressed this could happen.

Where did you get the chicken that laid that invisible egg in the corner?

Here's my 25 weeks RIR's first egg - quite the loveliest first egg I've seen this afternoon :)

Aaaand here's our first egg. It wasn't there at 7am, but it was there at 12:30pm as if by magic. :) The egg was laid by Two-fry, a 25 week old RIR. It's beautiful - the best first egg I have ever seen out of all the.... one... I have seen :) I've noticed all four (the other three are five...

I didn't think you'd take me seriously. I put a winky and everything :P

Watch out! There are seven eggs in the picture. I'm sure Trading Standards will have something to say about that. ;) "But, but, but there are SEVEN eggs in the picture, and there were only SIX in the box!"