A month ago I started turning on a light in the pen to supplement day light so the girls continue to lay. This is about 4:30 am I hear loud/group clucking and think a egg has been laid. Next morning same thing but louder. I look out my window and see the shadow of what looked like a fox...
Four years ago I decided to do what I thought would be easy and bring me a little extra cash. It hasn't been easy, not much extra cash but it has been an experience. My latest, incubating/hatching eggs. Out of twenty seven, twenty four have hatched and I am still counting. I purchased the...
A few days ago I was looking at postings on Managing your Flock. After the third post everything on the page was in a foreign language. Did this happen to anyone else? If it did does anyone know what caused this? I'm concerned because I wondered if the site had been hacked.
My roo, Big Daddy had a three inch spur that caused him problems with walking and interfered with his love life. I thought about taking him to the vet, but cost and trying to find a vet that treats chickens made me rethink my plan. God Bless the internet and Backyard chickens. These two...