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There are a variety of problems with the gun suggestion. The forum is "back yard chickens" not "farm chickens". Between violations of city, state and federal regulations on firearm use and the error-prone nature of firearms, I wouldn't recommend using a gun without an enormous amount of...

I have a live trap. So far I've only caught raccoons with it. I built an air-right box that fits the trap precisely. When I get a raccoon, I put the live trap in the box, flood it with ether and pop the top on. Two minutes later the raccoon is dead. This is the most humane way of killing it...

She has a mix of quite a few things to eat. In the coop there's an endless supply of layer feed. In the morning I put some chicken scratch (assorted grains as far as I can tell) in one part of the yard. The red stars particularly like that. Then they've got all kinds of greens to eat in the...

Greetings, I got this red star hen from a 100-chicken operation two or three weeks ago. She acts like a healthy chicken, but she was in moult when acquired and has this variable-size red inflammation above her vent. It's a small part of the skin from above the vent that is inflamed and...

Greetings, I'm new to keeping chickens. Currently have five, free-ranging in my backyard (1/4 acre). We've been getting free "over the hill" chickens from a local poultry operation and find these chickens (red stars) to remain very productive -- far out-producing our other chickens. What...

I have the same issue. There's a big red patch above the vent. This chicken is near the end of her moult -- feathers are coming back but not all there yet. We got this chicken from a 100-chicken operation, maybe 3 weeks ago. Not certain if this inflamation is part of the moult or if it's...