I have only had raccoons take a chicken. It was awful and I cried when I picked up her carcass and it weighed like a tenth of what she did before. Once it came around when my small pack of Jack Russels were out in my yard and they got him. I had a vet bill alright! That coon caused nothing but...
I clipped the wings on my four hens for the first time. I remembered my dad telling me "Clip one side and they fly around in circles, Haha, it's funny" I thought he was just being mean, so I clipped both sides!
Now I know he wasn't just making a joke! :th
Did I mess up my girls?!?
I guess because they lose a portion of their vision? Which is the point, right? I don't think I would raise the types of birds that would ever require these. It just doesn't seem right. I guess if it for the protection of the bird I understand, but as someone with partial vision loss I...
Do mangoes count as citrus? I just cheese-grated a small frozen chunk for them...now I'm worried that I hurt them. I know they aren't known as citrus, but they do have that citrus pucker...
A little less than two weeks ago I bought my first flock of 5! We ended up with two Brahmas, two Road Island Reds, and one Americauna (so excited about blue eggs!)
I am still trying to figure out how to repurpose an old dough-boy pool frame into a chicken run. Any ideas helpful!
Right now the...