Last night at dusk, shortly after the chickens had been safely closed in for the night, I walked down to a lightly wooded area near a small creek on our property. Behind this creek is a large woods. I had heard the unmistakable hoot of an owl a little earlier, and I had my binoculars. High in...
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Haven't had chickens since I was a kid in Wyoming in the 60's: They were Brahmas, banties (don't know what kind; they were black and gold and could fly like pheasants), and a bunch of white ones. They free-ranged without problems, though I do remember our dogs killing rats in the...
Our new chickens will soon be free ranging in our backyard, where we have a bird feeder loaded up with black oiled sunflower seeds (which chickens love). I'm not worried about the chickens getting at the feeder (too high), but over the years a lot of debris has collected under the feeder and I...