Bird dogs are usually trained to soft mouth retrieve, I can hardly believe that was a dog that would kill all those birds. I know minks and weasels will kill birds and leave them, and can climb well and get into very small holes.
We have 7 hens, all of whom stopped laying 3 weeks ago. They are first year layers and were doing very well, and always laying in 2 of their 3 nesting boxes. They seem healthy and are acting completely normal. We’ve had a backyard coop for 5 years and have never experienced this! I’ve seen...
We have been raising small flocks for 6 years and this is our first beak issue. One of our 9 week old pullets (a Salmon Faverolle) has a pretty severe beak problem... not cross beak, but the top beak curves down while the bottom is straight, but much longer. She can’t close the beak and had...