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New mama with her chick

I was fortunate because I saw the fox circling the coop. Make sure there in no way for him to get in. They can climb and dig. Now I bring them in nightly, block off the second entrance, put a thin piece metal under the door along with chimes and cans tied to the door. There is also a net over...

The pen has been re enforced and I have also put chimes and beer cans on the door. This is the second time he has come. Hopefully with what I've done and the chickens alerting me, he will move on. Either way I don't intend for him to get my chickens. This chicken experience has truly been a...

A month ago I started turning on a light in the pen to supplement day light so the girls continue to lay. This is about 4:30 am I hear loud/group clucking and think a egg has been laid. Next morning same thing but louder. I look out my window and see the shadow of what looked like a fox...

Four years ago I decided to do what I thought would be easy and bring me a little extra cash. It hasn't been easy, not much extra cash but it has been an experience. My latest, incubating/hatching eggs. Out of twenty seven, twenty four have hatched and I am still counting. I purchased the...

I have been a member of the Georgia NPIP program for two years. Their service has been excellent, the employees are efficient in what they do and very pleasant to do business with. This program has been very beneficial and informative for me. The only thing is catching the chickens. It's...

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A few days ago I was looking at postings on Managing your Flock. After the third post everything on the page was in a foreign language. Did this happen to anyone else? If it did does anyone know what caused this? I'm concerned because I wondered if the site had been hacked.

Now I feel much better, Red, my Lab/Akita mix is not alone. He too is a member of the poop eating club.

I should have titled this removing the spur, instead of trimming. The spur has an outer cover like the nail that covers your finger, that is what you remove. Big Daddy doesn't like to be held either, so I did this at night, much easier to catch him when he is asleep. After I wrapped him in a...

My roo, Big Daddy had a three inch spur that caused him problems with walking and interfered with his love life. I thought about taking him to the vet, but cost and trying to find a vet that treats chickens made me rethink my plan. God Bless the internet and Backyard chickens. These two...