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My daughter wants to add silkies to her flock. I’m not a chicken person at all, but I’m concerned that our barn cat might hurt them since they are much smaller than the rest of the flock. She’s a small cat, and has never show any aggression towards the chickens, but happily and regularly kills...

We’d not do that. Our favorite thing about the chickens isn’t the what’s, it’s how much they eliminate the flies from the horses!! It’s been fabulous.

Yes. We’ve figured that out now! We’re trying to figure out how to keep them separate. The dogs have a fence, but the chickens don’t stay out of it.

She’s a big one. And the dumbest of our dogs. Ugh!

That’s a good plan! I’m stressed about the dog now though. Stupid dog.

Ah! I guess I never thought of that. We live in the county, and I don’t know of any laws. We just found one of the hens, killed by one of our dogs. Ugh! Why did the dog do that?! They’ve been together for a year with no issues. So now my daughter says that she absolutely has to get a...

So is there something I’m missing in rules somewhere that we couldn’t own a rooster? We’re really new to the whole chicken thing. It never occurred to me that we might not be allowed to own one!

Thank you! I will keep that advice in mind. Personally I think we’re good. I haven’t broken the news to her yet.

I didn’t say that I wanted a rooster! Just that SHE did! Having said that, I do find it interesting that this is her third set that she has raised, and we have not gotten a single rooster. This set makes a dozen hen. It does seem odd. If we did get a rehomed rooster though, what age should we...

Thanks guys! My daughter will be disappointed. She was getting excited to have a rooster!

We know nothing at all about chickens! My 15-year-old daughter is into chickens now, and is in the process of raising her third batch. However one of the six looks distinctly different in color, and we are wondering if we have ended up with a rooster. I know that the roosters are supposed to be...