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I am new to chickens this year. My 1 month old bantam silkies had been housed with 4 full size chicks who were a week older. One of the hens, a barred rock, is very dominant and pecks all the others every morning once or twice just to remind them who's boss. One morning, one of the bantams...

There was a USDA study published 2003 of 40 wild mallards and 43 wood ducks showing that more than 89% of their winter food were acorns from 4 different oak species.

I have 1 unsexed silkie chick (purchased 11 days ago as "assorted bantam" at TSC) which was picked up by the head/neck yesterday and started having what appeared to be seizures, tucking head into breast and flapping wings every so often. I isolated it, brought it to water every 2-3 hours and...

I also bought small bird mineralgrit for baby bantam silkies. It seems the same size grit as MannaPro chick grit. They both have smaller and larger pieces. The mineral grit is oyster shells crushed. The MannaPro chick grit just says "grit" with added probiotics. I decided to mix them...

Not allowed to keep him as I live in a no-rooster town, but local feed store will offer him free to good home once I get him there.

Caught him this morning. Lured him into crate with a cinnamon roll and had rigged it with a string to shut it from 10 ft away.

Idk - my neighbor said the entire flock got out and the hens were killed by a dog across the street. Anyone in this neughbirhood who wanted their rooster back can surely hear him crowing

I woke up at 5:15 am, but he was already awake. I put his cheerios and grain-based cat food and water into the dog crate last night so he can get used to going in there. It's a very small yard, so we'll see...

It's dark here, but when I turn the outside light on and get near him, he wakes up and runs away. Might get net tomorrow if the raccoons don't eat him tonight.

Thanks! I guess I will confine him in a dog crate, since cardboard boxes can be pecked open.

Hi! I'm a wannabe BYC caregiver, and this week had a white rooster land in my fenced suburban yard from some neighbor who apparently isn't looking for him. Local feed store will exhibit him as free to good home, but I have to catch and transport him - any suggestions? How do you catch and...