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I had never really thought about wild cats, simply because we've never seen any, but I guess you don't really see them. I'm sure we have bobcats in the area and hunters report mountain lions from time to time, though "official" reports say there are no mountain lions in central virginia. I...

I don't think she could be younger, at least not more than a day or so, as the store only ordered one large batch that all arrived on the same day (customers had to pre-order, not like Tractor Supply where they get multiple shipments over several weeks). After looking a little more closely, she...

So I may have made a bad choice when I bought chicks this spring. New Country Organics feed store is nearby and they were offering a few different breeds of day old chicks in February. I have no idea what hatchery they came from. I know-bad idea, right? But, in the fall I ordered 7 day old...

yikes- a cat?? Luckily we don't have any that I know of in the area. Our 3 dogs and the other wildlife in the area seem to keep them away

Thank you for your sympathy. It was a sad day, but one hen who was missing at first showed up about 2 hours later, so we went from totally crushed to really happy she survived. Foxes or coyotes were our best bet too. I know we have red foxes, gray foxes, and eastern coyotes in the area. The...

So something attacked our little flock that was free ranging today, sometime around 10am I think (full daylight for at least 2 hours). One of our hens just disappeared without a trace. She was maybe 4-5 lbs at most. I haven't found a single feather that belonged to her. Our rooster, who was...

one of the easiest enclosures is an electric poultry fence....its movable and you can get a solar powered energizer if an electrical outlet isn't nearby. Premier 1 makes a very nice one. its a little pricy, especially for the solar energizer, but really easy to set up and use. The fence...

I can't say that I'm very happy with MPC. I ordered 7 day old female chicks from the company in the fall of 2017, two of which were their proprietary breeds (super blue egger-$30, blue favaucana-$28) that were super expensive, but we were only planning on a small flock, so I was okay spending a...