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Nah, the run is enclosed. It's welded wire fence with netting over the top ( as well as most of the sides due to starlings this winter ) a layer of small diameter chicken wire around the base and 4 strands of hot wire around all sides. After the netting ( I had an issue with owls. ) I have...

Thanks guys. You know... I didn't think about it.. But This particular rooster played the 'jealousy' game a long time, even when young. He would stay back and tidbit furiously at nothing to try and get anyone he could to come to him while they ate it from my hand. I would try tossing food...

Yeah he was. He was hatched here from eggs from a member on here, actually. I had two hatch, him and a sister. The eggs were from a popular thread that also sold marans hatching eggs. I intended to start a welsummer breeding project but I think that's going to have to wait. The two were...

Oh yes, I know. But he does it to me! Nonstop and for no reason. It's frustrating. He gets everyone worked up and has changed my entire flock's demeanor. Hoping culling him will finally let them relax and come to sit on my lap and eat treats again.

He used to do this to predators and its part of the reason I let him stay here so long. Unfortunately now I'm the enemy too! Today my last nerve was fizzling out when I was trying to do some yard work and had to deal with this absolute ruckus. It's even worse if I'm moving around. Over time...

So I have a rooster that I THOUGHT was good. He's good to the girls, he's alert, non-aggressive. Unfortunately, he has converted my entire flock, including my best rooster ever.. Into HATING ME! I'm the enemy, you see. A slavering terrible monster. Lmao. Let me give you a snippet of what a...

I had this problem BAD last winter and eventually found a solution. They went through bags of feed in days! I tried everything.. I hung stuff up, no effect. My boyfriend and I shot piles and piles of them with a .22 but they would just fly away and come back with hundreds more when I wasn't...

When my roosters started flogging people, they could never be fully trusted again, even when I followed a strict routine to keep him in place and he was a bit better behaved. Not worth a child's safety in the least.

How long has this been going on? Where they all raised together? If it were me, I would let her heal like you're already doing but when reintroduced watch carefully. I had this problem and there was a main instigator that started the abuse, the others would just join in. I separated the...

Agree with Snow 100%. Too many roosters out there need homes that are perfect gentlemen to waste time on someone with a mean streak. You may be able to train them to respect you with a lot of effort and constant maintenance, but you can never 100% trust them, especially around your little...

Hey everyone! All the babies are doing great and seeing huge explosions in feather and size growth. I'm also beginning to see caruncle flesh. Still not sure about genders and the color of the darkest one. The feathers appear to be coming in black or near black with some brown intermixed...

I used to believe in DE for all kinds of insect treatments until I noticed it not working so well for my parent's dog's bedding for fleas when they had them really bad one year. There were eggs all over their beds even with a generous dusting. It just kept getting worse. I then decided to do...

If you have an uncovered run and the chickens have access to open air with no defense, then it's only a matter of time before one of them will go after your silkies! The only solution is to keep them in an area that's covered with netting or a fully enclosed run. I would only let them have...

That looks like lice. Google bird lice or chicken lice. They might be easier to see on dead chickens because they tend to move around more when the bird is dead. If it's lice and you're not seeing them on your other birds, then their infestation is minor. I'd get them treated before it...

Sounds like a rodent to me. You could also 'skirt' wire around the coop/run. That's what I did with one of mine and it works great. I used hardware cloth and cheap plastic tent posts. Hammered them into the ground periodically to hold the wire down snug to the ground. The wire extends about...

I did get them from her! I should probably send her a pm but hopefully she sees your tag. Thanks guys!

Thanks guys. My boyfriend actually named him. Who is an animal lover but not really a bird guy, he's gotten really attached to the ducks. I did some moving around today, the brooder was getting too small for everyone so now they're out in one of the chicken pens, separated from my youngest...

Sorry for the lack of updates guys, I've been very busy! I had TONS of pictures on my phone but it had to be factory reset and I lost everything but what was taken the last several days. The babies are doing great! The spoiled people-lover, the lavender has been named Biscuit. I can start...

Hah! So my little lavender is a brave little toaster. Trying to tell that giant chicken to back off. I thought that's what it might have been, but thought, surely not, the little guy is so small he wouldn't dare! No wonder the others don't do that lol.

Thanks everyone! I've been trying to pay close attention to their body language. Since I haven't been around many ducks, this is all new to me. Animal body language is super interesting anyway, so this is a great chance to study them. There's a couple things I noticed. And maybe someone can...