Just finished building my coop and have staked out my run area. This led me to a dilemma i have never been able to adequately solve. How to attach a welded wire fence to the metal sided coop? The coop has the outside corner pieces so it would be really difficult to lag screw a post since there...
I am soon (a few weeks) going to be the overwhelmed recipient of 40-60 bobwhite quail chicks. I have been putting the basics together, mainly brooding equipment, but still understand very little about the finer points of raising quail. I am a build it yourself, strong so it lasts kind of...
Two years old and he is a proven flock defender on multiple occasions, even lost his tail defending the girls from a loose dog. We put the flock in a run because of these attacks but we have three roosters now and a small flock of 10 hens. We range as much as we can while we are present, but...
Looking to buy 6-8 chicks or juveniles. Any large/medium egg laying breed would be acceptable. Missed the chicks at TSC and local feed stores, as we weren't ready to add to our flock. Would also be interested in 4-5 guinea keets (definitely keets, not full grown). We live in Jefferson County.
As often as I seem to have sick/injured birds (couple of times a year), I am thinking of building a small separated coop/run. I range my flock with my goats in a 2-3 acre pasture, so whatever I build *MUST* be sturdy enough to withstand goats. Has anyone built something like this? I have nearly...
Hello everyone. I have been using BYC for a couple of years as a resource but we have just moved to East TN and got a new flock going. We have 8 hens (3 RIR, 1 barred rock, 3 mixed and 1 brahma), 1 pekin duck hen, 3 goats, 2 rabbits and 2 dogs. We want to start raising chicks for food but I am...
My pekin duck was attacked by something the other night and escaped, she does not like to be put up for the night. She has three small holes about the diameter of a pencil. Two by her tail and one up on her back. They are obviously infected and inflamed (hot to touch). Tried treating with spray...