Didn't really relocate him off the property, just hosed him down and scared him to make him not come back. I am well aware of the laws of Georgia. I have been a trapper in Georgia for many years. I could have killed him and kept it quiet but I don't kill animals doing what is natural to them...
My advice is to get an inexpensive game camera and monitor it each night. You might be shocked at the amount of activity around your coop at night. I evaluate my coop each day and check to see if there is any damage caused by an attempted break in. I have been lucky so far but it is not...
She was trying to get into my tool shed for 2 days and had to get her out. Then she went into the coop and was trying to make a nest on top of the nesting boxes! I picked her up and put her in a nest and she laid her first egg in 15 minutes. She is a RIR 18 weeks old to the day. I was very...
Had the new pullets less than a week and I am homing them to their new coop. It seems to be going well but they are very skittish and nervous but I am bribing them with treats and I hope they come around. I have 6 RIR's and they are beautiful birds. They are approximately 12 weeks old...
Retired Marine and his wife just starting to get our chicken raising off the ground. Working on plans for the coop and researching different breeds. Had chickens when I was a kid and know how cool they are to raise.