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I have to agree... not to sound like a broken record. possums and coons have killed more chickens than I care to remember. I trap and shoot with a small .22. sounds like a nail gun or firecracker. I'm in the city limits, (but not in a true neighborhood) and my neighbors all benefit from the...

I have watched enough videos and read enough here to know how to do it. I don't really have a place to keep him separated from the girls,though. If I apply redKote or something of that nature to the fresh spur, do you all think he'll be ok back in with the girls? this is a GREAT rooster, he's...

I wanted to ask the same. I have 6 barred rocks who are just over a year old. I have some 5 month old hens in with them. 4 of my BR girls look awful! Looks like pecking to me. Red featherless necks, and some feather loss on their backs. I have a pretty large rooster who has big Spurs. My dad...

I'm having a terrible time with what I think are sparrows. I'm in central Texas... They are eating all my chicken feed (crumbles). My girls aren't laying like they should (pretty much all summer and now into Fall) and the only thing I can think is it's those stupid birds. There are probably 5...

Thank you KYTinpusher! I have 5 newly laying hens with King, and will have 5 pullets with the new rooster... I do have them together but separated, (a small pen inside the big pen) and we let 1 baby out last week and she got pecked on. It's my daughter's fave so she didn't let much happen. I...

Here is my rooster - King. He's a "mutt" - but I'd love to know if any of you see any particular breed in him. I suspect barred rock and Americauna? I bought him after a raccoon got 6 of my pullets and my 4 mo old Orloff rooster But, King is an amazing rooster... very good with us humans...

So - I finally had enough eggs to give a dozen away, and I gave my first dozen away to my dad. He has been a huge help in building the coop with me, feeding them when I can't get out there to feed (my parents live sort of next door to my pasture) - so I was planning to supply them with eggs...

So, I'm So confused. I have a coop and a 50ft by 50 ft "yard" that my chickens have. I have fire ants, but all over the ground out there, not just mounds. (I'm sure there are mounds) - but my chickens stand around and end up with ants on their feet, and they are apparently getting stung...

I'm down here in Texas, where it's hot as Hades down here.. well, I've never been to Hades.. but.. you get the idea. I haven't caught much lately since it's gotten so hot. Caught a fiesty little possum the other day... Last coon I got was maybe 3 weeks ago... a mama it looked like, as she was...

eyotig - as for when to open the nest boxes... I didn't open mine until i saw the first egg. I opened them that evening. The next two eggs were still on the ground, but I put one of the eggs in one of the boxes (which isn't recommended, best to use a "fake egg" but I didn't have one, so I...

I'm so glad I"m not the only one that gets eggscited (new word for me!) when checking nest boxes... I was getting one a day (5 pullets/hens) - then over the weekend I got 2 a day. Then I got one TINY one! We broke it open last night and the yolk hadn't even formed. I'm wishing i had snapped a...

Thank you Flockwatcher, that's helpful. And Megg... that was also helpful! I can usually only really spend time with them on the weekends, so I don't always hear what's going on. My hen "crow" wasn't as loud as the video, it was more of a shy "whisper" but I expect she was just "trying it...

ok, this is going to sound dumb, but I"m raising my first flock (got the babies in Feb 2013) - I lost my original rooster to a racoon (who met her fate the next day) - Bought another rooster who is about 8 or 9 months to my girls 5 months. My rooster crows. (of course) - So, this hen crowing...

Oh glad I found this thread. Got my first egg Thursday, held on to it. (And posted it on FB I was so excited!) Another Friday, (nest boxes have been closed up.... Didn't want them sleeping in them.) No egg Saturday, but went ahead and set up the nest boxes ... This morning (Sunday) there was a...

Thank you, Flockwatcher. I have separated her into a box with a mesh covered open front inside the cage with the other birds so she still sees her buddies but it not bothered by them. I'm keeping the light off in the garage today to encourage them to rest today. She is eating, but haven't seen...

I'm using Marshmallows with GREAT results. My problem is... ants. If a raccoon doesn't happen to come that night, ants are all over the marshmallow. (would have the same problem with anything I put out there. Yes, I have put ant poison out.. these Texas ants are TOUGH!) - so my dad gave me...

these chicks are between 1 - 2 weeks old. I had a small branch in the cage (large dog wire kennel with cardboard on all sides) - I'm worried she hurt herself on the branch, can anyone tell me if this is a broken leg or diseased leg? sorry, she wasn't super cooperative... (the branch has been...

I'm finding it a little disturbing that I'm enjoying this thread so much. I do a little jig when I hear one of you got another coon. I've only gotten 2, plus one mama possum (that had 3 babies in her pouch) - so each of us is doing our part to put a tiny dent in this "pest" infestation we all...

Gav, I'm no expert here.... But, I"m in Texas and my chickens are pretty dang hot, too. I find them panting in their coop. I don't let them out during the day during the week when I can't be around to supervise... so I take them frozen watermelon slices at around 5pm... the first day they...

Thank you, Shellz, I was thinking the same thing. It will cost some money, but I'd prefer to be properly trained, as this is serious business, not something to take lightly. and that possum (yes, I know.. opossum) I caught, taken care of. Thanks! And OrganicHouse... I was "lucky" for my...