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Oh, can understand that...Hope your Hens stay safe..

Hahaha on the Perfect world...I don't live in a heavy snow area so I might survive that one..but why the fishing wire? I thought this plastic wire would be enough???

Not using it but heard that it works. But, I went to Home Depot and they have a plastic fencing that comes in a roll, it is flexable and looks like it will be really easy to use. I got a roll not positive on the size but think it was 36 X 25ft. and only cost me ten dollars. You might want to...

I mentioned above that nothing works and that is still true..shiny objects, Owls, moving shiny things, scarecrow, and now I find that the Hawk will even come get one when I am down there. And, found that he CAN get a full grown Dominique. I'm left with no other choice but to have a fenced and...

Hi, I have eight Hens and am getting seven eggs a day, I think one might be too young to lay just yet. I read that we need to give them protein as others have said here. I buy Bananas, and give them leftover meats cause they are meat eaters though many don't know that. On cold mornings I serve...

Dear NIc, Thanks for your comments. I just feel that if anyone takes the time to help others that they should be commended for the effort before they are corrected. I have found many Post that speak about the same topic and have different viewpoints and information. Who knows for sure which is...

I appreciate your sharing your information. I believe you did the best you could with the knowledge you have gained from raising your flock. I do not like all the criticism you have received especially without them complementing you for taking the time to share. Some people are never satisfied...

Well, everything that I tried hasn't worked. Hawk not afraid of Owls, nor the shiny tin foil, nor the scarecrow, nothing worked. I will do as I posted just let them out while I am down there, it's a bummer but don't want them to be dinner. Have already has a Bear tear the door off of the Coop...

Thank you Lydia for the kind words. No they didn't get all three in one day, but did get them before I realized what had happened. I am brand new to all of this, never had any farm animals because I grew up in the city of Detroit. Yesterday and today, I have only let them out for an hour before...

Sorry for the others' losses, so sad when we care so much. When that Hawk got mine yesterday, he had come right into the Coop there were Hawk feathers everywhere. My coop is made from a shed I converted, it's about 9' X 13" and he must have just swooped right in and had at it. Most of the other...

Hi, A week ago a Hawk got my Bantam rooster, so I didn't let the girls out for a few days. I read everything I could find on how to protect from Hawks. I put up metal pie tins, tin foil hanging from branches, Bells, bought and put up two Owls and a scarecrow. Sad to say nothing worked. He or...

I lost two of my girls this week, one was a Bantam Roo and the other a full grown Cornish:>( I went out today and bought pie plates to hang and clang around the yard. Also bought two Plastic Owls that Tractor Supply sells for that purpose. Also found some Jingle bells on strips at the Dollar...

Sooooooooo Adorable!

Hi, We have had snow flurries here in Black Mountain, but, melting so no accumulation. I thought maybe my girls would not come out of the Coup but they seemed to love it! I think I might have goofed, I have given them meal worms a few times so now when I go near them they follow me and yell at...

Fantastic article and well written. I have thirteen Chickens. The Favoralles were 6 weeks old the others not sure of their age but they were pullets when I got them. I bought six different breeds and they all have different personalities. I found that I first had to walk slowly around them and...

Welcome Statesville! I am not on here a lot but glad you have joined. Actually, I am pretty new as well. I live up in the Mountains, Black Mountain. We have a storm that might collide right here in Buncomb County, hope it doesn't get too bad. Spent a few days trying to seal things up and tie...

Thanks for the compliments, I appreciate that and the "welcome"! I'm so much a greenhorn, new to having Chicks and new to the site but can say I already love both!!!

I'm wondering if any of you sell your Eggs? I'm a widow that lives alone so I can't eat too many myself, I will be giving them to friends and family but thinking about putting a sign at the end of my road. I free range and heard that those eggs are sought after. They sell for about $4.00 at the...

So Excited One of the Girls is laying an egg a day! It is the Bantam so it be a little egg but gives me breakfast every morning! When all of them start laying I could have almost a dozen a day? What does everyone do with their eggs if they get too many and run out of friends who want them?

My Girls don't seem to like Veggies too much:>( LOL I've tried several different ones. They do like Potatoes, oatmeal, meal worms and an ear of corn which I can't grow in a greenhouse.