Good morning. I marked 13 eggs last week to see if they would hatch. Last night, I caught one hen eating one of the eggs, so I temporarily moved my broody hen and the remaining 12 eggs into my dog's crate, in my kitchen. Will it be safe to place Momma and the eggs in an open cat carrier in the...
Good morning everyone. I have a few questions. Last Sunday, my flock was attacked by 2 hawks. They killed one hen and carried off my rooster. A day and a half later, today is one week to the day, he returned with no back feathers and only a few tail feathers, his middle toe was cut, slightly...
I started raising chickens in the spring of 2011, on my father's farm after my divorce. It was the best therapy ever. After roughly a year of research, I chose to raise Dominiques. I moved away, after losing my entire flock one day before going into work. I then lived in the city, married, had...