Hi all,
Once again, I'm immensely grateful that you all contribute to such a valuable collective knowledge resource. Most of the time, owning chickens is simple, routine and enjoyable, but every once in a while, something difficult or unexpected happens, and I'm very grateful to be able to turn...
I'm wondering if anyone's had any experience with the commercial carnivore urine scents for deterring predators. We've had a fox jump into our yard repeatedly (it killed a pullet, returned the next night and dug her up and carried her off, and we're pretty certain it's been back since then.)...
where the skin on her wing comes to meet her back. He thinks they're maybe a quarter inch long. Looked a bit bigger than that to me, maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch.
It's middle of the night, so my husband cleaned the wound with betadine and she seems pretty strong. She's in a box in the bathroom to stay...
Hi all,
I'm not sure if I'm worrying too much about my birds, but we have four and we have a snug little coop for them that they were happy to roost in since DH built it for them in the summer, but the last week or so, the birds have been choosing to sleep outside of it, even though we're in...
Just a quick note to introduce myself, before i head over to the coops forum to ask a question.
I'm Sue, and DH and the kids (10 and 7) and I currently have four hens we bought in May and who have been laying for us since October. We live on a quarter acre in a little neighborhood just outside...