Ahh, I hope not! I thought about that, but we live in a pretty rural area, so I'm not sure many people around here would be willing to steal chickens. But it would make the fact that there were no feathers around make more sense.
Has anybody here ever had chickens stolen by humans?
Lol, glad you got him back!
That's a good idea, I will probably set one up tonight. I live in North Carolina, so we have coyotes, foxes, raccoons, dogs, and possums. We also have owls and hawks, but I don't think they could have taken all of the chickens. Do you know what kind of predators...
That was one of my theories too, but I've looked all around the woods and around the barns, and I've haven't found a single feather. My brother went outside last night to check on our other chickens, and claims he saw something black about fox size around my pullet barn. So maybe fox? Or more...
Hello, so yesterday a guy came to buy some of my pullets and when he left I accidently left the coop door open. The pullets have free-ranged before, so when I realized the next morning that it was left open, I wasn't too worried. But when I walked over to check on them, all except one had gone...
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I currently have 30 Golden laced Wyandotte and Australorps for sale. I am selling them for 25$. They are about 1.5 months old. These pullets were hatched May 3rd in an NPIP approved hatchery and have been lovingly raised on our farm since. They are fully feathered and ready for your...
Hi there! Although I'm not an expert, one thing I know people do is when the hen gets off her eggs to go eat or drink, you can take the eggs away and replace them with the chicks. When she comes back she will hopefully think that her eggs have hatched. I think you can also put down crushed...
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I currently have 7 Red Star pullets available. They are all feathered out and ready for your coop. No heat lamp needed. They are a month and a half old and were hatched March 1st. They will start laying around 5 to 6 months old.
I am asking 20$ per bird and am located in Oxford...
Hi there from North Carolina!:frow I love to raise and sell pullets. I have found tons of great information on Backyard chickens and I am super excited to finally become a member!