Last night I came home to find my beloved quackers, Thelma and Louise (Weezie), an African Runner and a Rouen, dead in their run. Weezie had been attacked by something, all the feathers on her neck were gone and her face was mostly eaten away. I looked for Thelma, then noticed her in the baby...
For my other two chicken coops, I made sure to install a digger barrier. Over the last 6 or 7 years that I've been doing this I haven't ever noticed any sign of digging. My digger barrier goes inside the run, 6" under the sand. I've had coon droppings on top, and even had a break in (my own...
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I've been raising chickens for several years now, and I used this forum to get me started. So, I've been away from here for awhile. I just got my first two ducks with my last flock of chickens. I've always wanted ducks, there is just something I like about them. I have them pictured, a...
About 2-3 months ago, I picked up a couple of 5 month old hens to add to my flock from a friend of mine. My flock was 3 RIR's (hens), one of the chickens is very similar looking to a RIR, not sure exactly what it is. The other hens picked on her a little at first, but then things settled down...
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I've seen this happen too, that's why I was wondering if she could have landed on her just right. I might be lowering it a bit. Thanks for your input, along with everyone else.
I was mowing today and was heading toward the coop and noticed one of my RIR's laying near the edge of the chicken run. I've had all 4 of them for a year and a half now, they all seem happy and I average about 3 eggs a day. Nothing seemed different over the past few days. The dead chicken had...
I don't think they are pressure treated as much as pressure treated 4x4's. And they WILL warp like Bear Foot said. For $1 each, I would snag them for other purposes. I wound up needing some because I ended up trimming the outside of my coop and run with stone, and used the timbers to edge it...
I have 4 RIR's that just started laying less than a week ago (just over 23 weeks old now). I have had 2 eggs that had a streak of blood on it. All the other eggs have been fine (total of 7 so far). So I'm assuming the eggs with the blood on the outside are from the same chicken. Should I be...