The last few days when feeding I've noticed my Silkie sitting on her eggs, and pecked at me when I've tried to move her. My first broody! Only problem... No rooster. So I did what any sane person would do, I bid on some eggs on eBay to put underneath her. I'm in West Texas so temperatures aren't...
This morning I woke up to a commotion.
My neighbor's dogs broke into my shed-knocked the door off the hinges!
They killed my brooder cage of chicks and we're trying to figure out how to get to the peas by the time I got out there.
My peas are kept in a heavy duty dog kennel so the dogs could...
Today I found my flock decimated! I lost 6 of 9 standard hens, and 11 of 12 bantams. 9 ducks are all okay.
Our enclosure is an old animal corral, 35 feet by 150 feet with 7 foot fencing. Then there is a 6 foot wide "aisle way" running the length of the pen inside the main gate, to keep any of...