I am new to chicken raising this year and am a little concerned about one of my new birds and how she will handle the New England winter. We took a 'mystery' chick that was packed with the MacMurray order that turned out to be a leghorn.
Does anyone have any advice on keeping a leghorn in NE...
hmmm. A little more reading before my writing and I would have learned that it was probably a racoon or BOP.
Are racoons active during the day? I cant recall ever seeing a racoon out during the day.....
HMMMM...... sad/annoyed/angry (rinse repeat)
Howdy-
Came home tonight to find my Buff Orpington missing from her COOP. Walked the yard to find her dead and missing her head. She had the run of the yard today so it would not have been difficult for something to take off with her. Her body was completely intact otherwise. Barely any...