Cute story. We have multiple packs of coyotes around our house. We hear them singing every night. They regularly take down cows and our dog will drag up the skin and bones. I've never seen them in our yard, but I've heard them pretty close, especially when there are young calves in the...
Her bark is way worse than her bite so I'm not counting on it. Heck, I'm not even counting on her making it through another summer. She's 15 and her teeth are worn down badly, poor old lady isn't going to be around much longer. I know I don't need four roosters with only 20 ish hens which is...
I've heard the RIR can go either way. My kids are 11, 8, 6, 3, and not even crawling yet so I'll be cooking a rooster that tries to flog one of the little ones. We have so many predators though :/ They generally don't come up in the yard because we have an old beagle that barks at everything...
My family is considering getting some backyard chickens mostly for eggs. We are looking at getting a mixed flock of wyandotte, Rhode Island red, barred rock, and speckled Sussex. We're in mid Missouri so it's hot and cold. Sometimes we have all four seasons in one day. There are a lot of...