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If there’s anyone out there who tries to follow a path of nonviolence / ahisma / do no harm in their life, I’d love your perspective on this. We have this rat who visits our chicken run. My girls & he were simpatico: they ate together, hung out in the yard together. He never took their eggs...

Thank you. It truly was terrible. 😞 🫶 I miss my girls.

I took a photo at the time I bought them! Here’s what was on the sign:

Hello! I have chicks which are roughly 3-4 weeks old. Two were listed as “Amerucauna” breed at TS. They look distinctly different from one another already which is interesting, but particularly noticeable is the lack of tail feathers on the one. I’ve never had this breed before. Thoughts? Pics...

I can do that but the reason I give them 24/7 run access is they get up hours earlier than I do and I don’t want to keep their food/water inside the coop. The coop is small & the run is completely covered so their food & water is out there. This might be a solution though, thank you. 😊

Hi. I lost five chickens in one night to what I presume was a mink or weasel. Just looking for some validation this was the predator. The only way in at night would have been through a rat hole in the side of the run. The entire run (underside too) and all openings in the coop are wrapped in...

I don’t believe vengeance or violence will make me feel better, and even if it would, I know killing one fox won’t stop the foxes. 😞 There will always be more foxes, hawks, eagles, coyotes, bears, raccoons, weasels, fishers, martens, and other predators that live in our area here… and chickens...

Yes! Not on the farm sides of us (their roosters crow often too!) but on the other side we have several neighbors and the coop happens to be essentially facing their yards and I imagine on a calm day the sound just carries and bugs everyone! but I’m imagining that. No one’s said anything yet and...

Oh thank you for this!! I was in the back of my mind thinking/hoping it was because this is a brand new behavior. Yesterday was the first day of full crowing. Everything in the previous week had been half crows, not very loud. I was thinking this behavior could be like a toddler who has just...

Just wanted to clarify, one of the only times he *doesn’t* crow is when he sees us. When we’re around/in the chicken yard he’s calm and collected and not crowing… just going about his business foraging, napping. It’s when we go back inside he starts up his crowing and/or comes looking for us...

I can only hope??? Is this a possibility?

My kids aren’t small so that’s not a worry but I sincerely appreciate you sharing your experience here! If he’s crowing excessively at 15 weeks does this not bode well for the future? Wondering if he’ll level out when he’s closer to full grown? Or do these kinds of things always get worse?

thank you thank you for all these suggestions! They’ve been in the same spot for 6 years and the girls chattering can be loud but not enough to wake us or be overly bothersome. It’s just summertime too, so the sun rises super early. Fall & winter sunrise corresponds more closely to our wake up...

Hi folks! My accidental rooster started crowing last week and it was super cute at first as he was learning. Now it’s developed into a full/blown very LOUD and FREQUENT crow. Like sometimes of day he’ll crow every few minutes!!! We work from home and the coop is right below our bedroom & our...

Update at 14/15 weeks. He’s definitely a roo!

He certainly is!! Just started crowing. He’s a good boy! Occasionally gets a wild idea & tests the waters with a peck, but I have been scooping him up and carrying him until he relaxes whenever he gets out of line towards me. Mostly he’s polite to everyone in the family and keeps a good watch...

This might be the next step. Somehow I’d forgotten this was a possible option. Thank you.

This is an interesting idea!

Funny thing is we do have a cattle dog. But the foxes don’t seem to consider her an imminent threat. I believe they watch us and only ever attack when we (& dog) go inside. We could *upgrade* (haha) to a dog whose main purpose is guarding. Our one neighbor has a livestock guardian dog to keep...

Hi friends. We have a family of foxes that moved in to our area a few years ago — right at the corner of our & two neighbors’ farms. I feel the foxes have as much right to be here as we do, but they’ve taken turns decimating each of our flocks over the years. We’ve researched rehoming them, but...