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Ronnie is back on remand after a rather vicious attack on my beloveds left leg and a blood drawing peck to the hand. His court apperence is Tuesday am

That would be us and he's here - so far so good and no scars yet

Why ???? He will go in the trailer with the 60 layers who follow the cattle from field to field - Got to get him off death row onto probation

Should I save him and let him loose on my Barred Rock chickens ????? See link below for the funny advert which hit the TV news yesterday http://stcatharines.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAd? … FWU1bnJs8*

Just love this post - so many with pet rats 3 horses 21 purebred Galloway (some belties) cattle and a BIG Galloway bull called Texas 6 Large Black pigs + ( 2 pregnant sows en route) 15 Romney sheep 8 Muscovy ducks (was 48 but freezer camp called) 100+ laying chickens Plymouth Rocks and...

sorry for your loss and seems a bit strange esp the fact he came with them but chickens never suprise me anymore ever since seeing them gang up on a full size Muscovy duck and nearly kill it

Can't imagine your friends and family telling porky pies so it must be true. As eggbuster says it will have more to do with breed types for rooting and Houdini great escapes. I am repeating from my previous posts but our Large Blacks do NOT escape from a simple 2 strand electric fence. Its...

Quote: We have 2 wires - the first one is only 6 inch from the ground to stop them rooting too close. The second one started about 8 inch but we lifted it to 1 foot as they grew bigger. If you have cows too - you really need to join us on backyard herds - hopefully see you there

T bars and poly wire works great RIRs - used it here in the past with no probs try this link for backyardherds http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3379

Would love to vac pac our chicken pheasant and duck after processing but the plant doesnt have one and we cant afford one. So whats the best way to wrap and seal the birds to avoid frost burn and still look presentable when we sell them

Please Go electric for the fencing - two low level strands will do it and even better a strong (chain link type fence) behind the hot wires. Pigs will get out without the hot wires as they will dig and root up most fences, it's really hard to capture escaped pigs. As for housing you need to...

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain : They just need lots of room... and I've found that a chicken rooster in the pen with them keeps the pecking order calm. Thats very interesting Thanks for that and might well try it if we have probs Sorry to hear that Chickenwhisperer - each year I keep extending my pens...

we did 60 duel purpose roosters 2 years ago and swore we would never do it again. So we are lucky as there is a process plant a mere 10 mins away and its $2.50 a bird including the meat inspector bit - shame they dont vac pac there

If any of you lot come accross me in a poorly bad way looking at you with sad eyes then just DO it Seriously though - this is a forum and when I ask for advice I consider each reply. How can anybody be offended by a bit of FREE straight to the point advice. Great post by the way

Thanks Mypicklebird YES they are rice size and on the surface. Only 60 free rangers to treat then as I assume it will be rife through the flock ???? then there's the ducks and turkeys ??????

Thanks for that but was standing right by her as she pooped so they came from within. Very small in length, white and pretty much died if they moved off the poop. Its the first time I have been pleased to see my girls poop on the step as this needs sorting out me thinks

Thanks Boogie We have free range ducks then there's the cattle, sheep and hogs which the chickens visit on a daily so is there potential for mass infection ???????

Only in spring with my ringnecks perhaps the hens were in the mood as temprature went up ???? They seem to preserve their energy in the winter just moving around feeders and water then back to roost and look at the snow falling The cocks will try to kill each other as they reach maturity if too...

omg chicken did a poop on back door step and I could see small worms / maggots alive in the poop lots of them too, its a light brownish colour poop but the hen seems fine ?????????????Help and advice please Thanks in advance

Our loose ones hung around the yard while the hens incubated but once hatched they were gone including our coyote killer cock. We collected eggs daily from the pheasant runs and hatched over 100 with very few losses.