We have two akitas. Generally, they are really good with the chickens. On two occasions, each akita (one male, one female) were accidentally left outside alone with free ranging chickens. We came home to chickens roosting on the akita. If the chickens startle, however, the dogs figure, yeah...
Our two chickens are mostly cooped. We tried letting them free range, but alas, our Peeping Tom neighbor likes to peer over our fence and call the City whenever she sees chickens running loose. We still move the chickens around to chicken tractor beds when needed and we do try to let them free...
Right now we have a mature Rhode Island Red and a mature- hatched from the kindergarten class white chicken- probably a White Leghorn. We also have 3 Australorps and 1 Golden Lakenvelder that are just over two months old. Not sure if they are hens or roos yet. They seem to be hens.
This is...
We feed our quail Modesto Milling soy free chick starter. It's an organic feed that is shipped to us. It is about the same price as a natural feed carried by one of our favorite feed stores. Peck and Scratch, I believe that feed is called. But, Peck and Scratch is not USDA organic, so we...