So we just treed our second coon in as many weeks... my collie deserves a really big bone! The first one was easily dispatched with the bow and a hunting arrow. This one climbed to the very top of the tree, well out of range for a good shot. We live in a neighborhood and shooting the gun we...
I lost my first chicken yesterday morning. I had just left to go out of town, my father was watching them for me and gave me a call to let me know that he was pulled from the pen and in multiple pieces about the yard. I was very upset, my pen is very well enclosed and has been adequate for...
I have a young chick, arrived early this morning, it has been having trouble all day. It was very tired when it arrived and never really got moving. I assumed it probably wouldn't make it, however, it has been over 12 hours and it is still hanging on. I have gotten it to drink, and when helped...
I was wondering what the odds of a skunk killing a hen would be. I work at a facility that had one hen, who lived in the horse barn. The barn was locked up every night. There had been problems a few years ago with predators, which killed all the rest of the young birds. This hen has survived...
I am a college student with exams this week so my schedule is lighter than normal. I can home early today, at around 10:30, and walked by the dog kennel the chicks (around 10 weeks old) are in. I always go check to make sure they are okay. There was one laying, wings spread, on the ground not...
I got five RIR chicks recently but I am very unsure of their ages. I am also fairly sure that three of them are pullets and one of them is a roo, however, the last chick is confusing me a bit. S/he has a personality somewhere in the middle ground between the others and has a slightly more...