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Thanks again for the replies, I will look into those breed of dogs. My kids have been asking for a dog for a while now and I would like to have one also. I just want to make sure it gets along with the chickens.

Does anyone have Blue Heelers? If so how do they do with free range chickens? I am looking for a dog to help protect the chickens during the day while we are gone. A friend of mine just had a litter of pups.

Our first broody hen hatched her first 2 chicks today. How exciting she still has 2 eggs left to hatch.

Yes we will keep the chicks and raise them well the hens any way the roosters we will harvest. We started with 6 eggs and 4 are still under her fingers crossed for next week.

Anyone ever had problems with stray tom cats killing small chickens? I am losing my 10 week old chickens but I can't find any clues? No noise no feathers and all during day time. At first I thought it was a hawk but I never see any flying around. But we have had a couple stray toms. We have no...

My broody hen is in a nest box and the most common one at that. So tonight my son and I moved her to another one that isn't used as often. We noticed she has gotten rid of (2) of the eggs. My son has read this is common for the hen to remove the non fertile eggs. The (4) remaining we seen...

Hi everyone it's been a very long time since I posted. Last year was the beginning of my chicken life and you all helped me out a lot. I am hoping for some more pointers this year. I have 13 of my 16 chickens left from last year. I lost 3 Roos (2) I harvested (1) lost in an unsanction chicken...

HEChicken thanks for the pics. So if I'm reading this correctly the hen and eggs stay in the laying box until hatched then you move them here for a day or 2 until the hen accepts them then you let them out to be with the flock? Or do you move the hen and eggs here to let the hen sit and hatch...

Finally get to sit outside and enjoy it. Last 2 days have been awful. Last weekend I isolated my dominate rooster for the whole weekend. Let him out Monday because of the heat. This week the 3 roosters have been a lot calmer wondering how long it will last. Hope everyone is getting through...

I already made some nesting boxes. I took an old desk and took the drawers out. I took plywood and made a bottom for the birds to lay eggs on. I cut out 3 holes on the front side for the birds to get into one in the knee space and the other two where the drawers were. On the side you would...

Thanks for all the replays everything had been helpfull. I do have a 1 gallon waterer we used with the chicks I can use again when we have more. I will have to try the water in a pan to let them cool there feet. I will just have to make sure to change it often to avoid masqueto problems. I'm...

Thanks HEChicken for the response. I do plan on adding another water on the north side of the house. I won't have any problems with the butchering I am actually planning to start hatching next year for meat in the freezer. I am hoping to build a plucking barrel this fall. I keep telling my son...

Hey everyone I'm new to BYC. My 14 year old son Dustin and I started our first ever flock of chickens late April with 16 chicks. I just found this thread and hope to learn from your experience since we also live in KS. So far our flock seems to be doing great. I am having trouble keeping the...