Yes we live quite rural and all our neighbors keep each other informed about the population changed in the ravens gang... if you catch my drift. I'm not the only one they kill chickens from and we keep fighting back. It's just that I'm not going to fire any guns when I'm at home with my kids (4...
thanks and yeah! I wouldn't have belived it if I hadn't seen and directly intervened a couple times. The one out there today was large, the size of a eagle. They are big, and they will kill.
It's graphic but, they pluck around and go up and into the vent and disembowel them. They're actually...
I have a old horse barn I use as my Chicken barn. It's not the most secure, but it is definitely not free range. I tried free range out of ignorance of our area three years ago, and all was fine until the ravens got wise and took my favorite hen. (It's always the favorite hen isn't it?) Honestly...
Yes thank you. All really good points.
I like the thought about night inspections as I do that as well. & The incubator intros as that's something I eventually want to be an annual occurrence.
Good food for thought! Appreciate :)
Hi!
I'm trying to make a decision about my chicken housing situation and I've basically limited experience.
I keep a mixed flock of 7 layers and a Rooster, once in a while my Buff goes broody and I throw some eggs under her and let her go nuts. The thing is, I've never really had success in...
I'm looking at moving my hens OUT of my big barn to make room for Goats and keep them in the same paddock so this House looks perfect for the build.
I love this design and I'm wondering how it is inside, and how is the ease of cleaning it?
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Hey everyone :) I'm an old member (as I discovered when I tried to register again today lol). And I'm doing my formal intro so I can post some questions in the meat birds threads. My name is Jessica.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I have grown up a hobby/horse...