Found 2 of my chickens today when I got home. Both headless, and both had their innards eaten. One was inside of the coop, the other outside under a tree about 20 yards away. The one in the coop was a handsome young BBR Araucana cockrel that I had hopes for. Does it sound like a raccoon to...
I will soon be having a new batch of chicks popping out of the bator. Trouble is, I have other chicks that hatched a month ago. Bad idea to mix ? Do I need to create a second brooder real quick? I thought about placing a "can't we all just get along"' bumper sticker in with them. Not sure if...
I'm hoping that I have at least 1 pullet and 1 cockrell. But...... I'm fairly certain this one is a cockrell. Blue Breasted Red? Or is there such a thing ?
I was going to guess pullet on this one only because the gold isn't running down into the wings. But once again. Total newbie. Not...
I have 48 Araucana eggs I set this morning at about 10:00. I know yesterday would have been better, but I had incubator issues. All good now and temp and humidity are looking good. *crosses fingers* I know Araucanas have viability issues, and the postal service has issues with "please...
I would like to semi-free range my chickens, and would like to be able to move their area to roam from place to place. I found a site that sells electric web poultry netting. I was wondering if that, with a solar charger might be the ticket. I have a 6 X 8 portable coop that I built, but I want...