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I'm sorry to hear about your flock! I have a very strong dislike for coyotes. I have e-mail alerts set up for news stories about Dachshunds. It was through these alerts that I started finding news stories about coyotes killing and eating peoples pets. It did not matter if the pet was in a pen...

Hi Flock Master, As soon as I saw how much food they were gobbling and how much water they drink I was beginning to suspect that these birds would get too big too fast. I hear they have tasty meat LOL. I knew they were a meat bird when I got them I just did not realize how fast they grew...

This thread has got me interested in this breed. It's also made me hungry for chicken. I'd love to taste the meat from these birds.

I like that last pic and they are all good pictures. I like the last because it makes the chicken look as big as a house.

I like this coop! Anything I build won't be this nice but I can certainly appreciate the work of others.

TO UNDERSTAND this pic you have to read my new member intro at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/873647/my-peeps-introduction This is my miniature longhaired Dachshund. A dog who has successfully hunted birds and rabbits in the past and likes the taste of fresh blood. The yellow box has...

As you can see by my profile picture I live about a half mile away from the Missouri River. I live on the side of a hill out of the actual flood plain. The FEMA maps say my home is in the true 500 year flood plain but my house did not flood in 1993. The flood the media called the 500 year flood...

Hey All !! Thank you for your terrific responses. Update; My Peeps are doing fine! Boy do they have an appetite! I also don't have to worry about forgetting to feed them. The second the food bowl is empty or the water runs out they send out a distress call. None of my family can...

Thank You Wyandottes. I hope to be a good member! There is one thing I forgot to mention in my story above. When I was a kid I thought 99% of all chickens were stupid. It did not help that I had been flogged by an aggressive rooster when I was three years old. However..... we had one...

Hello Folks, I signed up for BYC over a year ago and I'm just now doing my intro. This is because several days ago I was at the Orschelns store in Hermann,MO and finally took the plunge into raising chickens and rabbits. I have dealt with chickens when I was a kid growing up on a farm but not...

I just found this forum and I became a new member. I have no chickens now but in the future I want some along with some rabbits. I'm not really new to chickens. I grew up on a farm where at times we had as many as 60-70 free range chickens. Back in those days you gathered your eggs through...

This is a good thread. I grew up on a farm and we kept chickens. Mom and dad used the pelvic bone to determine if a hen was laying or not. It did not always work but I think it would have if they had used some of the other methods mentioned here too. Our chickens were free range. Some things...