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    Genius idea if costly for controlling rats and mice

    LOL. I'm splurging a LOT and going full 16 OC studs. My excuse is that I need a coop and a shed, and I may as well build the whole thing right. So I get an 8x12 building with chickens and a shed out if it.
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    Genius idea if costly for controlling rats and mice

    LOL. I'm splurging a LOT and going full 16 OC studs. My excuse is that I need a coop and a shed, and I may as well build the whole thing right. So I get an 8x12 building with chickens and a shed in it.
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    Genius idea if costly for controlling rats and mice

    I get that, but they eat other things. My new coop is going to be nothing BUT wire and metal LOL. But I imagine that rats and mice will still come around. This just seems like either overkill or a gimmick. I could see how it could do really well, but it seems unnecessarily complicated. Idk.
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    Genius idea if costly for controlling rats and mice

    For that matter, they could chew their way out. But you COULD put water in there so they drown. My question is why they are going into a dark hole with lots of wind in the first place? Is there bait? Does the vacuum turn on somehow as they are halfway in?
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    Genius idea if costly for controlling rats and mice

    I feel like that is way worse than the 5g bucket spinning log trap. Also, they show a rat getting out of a trap, which means the spring isn't strong enough. It's also a tender trap, which is, frankly, dumb for mice and rats. You don't want them, and no one does. And they have plenty of...
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Thanks! They didn't have the buff orpington I ordered, so they gave me some extra Australorps and an extra Ameraucana LOL
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    Emergency! Is the brooder box outside safe?

    I don't have a heater at all at the moment. I have, but it's this https://a.co/d/bGyJMrt Overheating is definitely my biggest worry. They have been spread out every time I saw them, but i came home at lunch and added a second roof to the brooder too keep more rain and sun off (heat hits it...
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    Emergency! Is the brooder box outside safe?

    Last time I had the chicks in my living room. Never again! This time I had the idea to put them in a 2x4 foot, 2 foot tall plywood box outside. Fully enclosed and ready to go. Now I have them, I realize that im worried not about heat (I have a heat lamp), but about OVERHEATING them. It's...
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    4 Australorps 3 Ameraucanas 1 Black sex link
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Oh, interesting
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    I wanted those, but it's hard to find some breeds for cheep. (Sorry I had to) But I will definitely look for them next year!
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    January!? What kind of idiot chicken thinks 20⁰ weather is a good time to molt!? LOL I didn't end up getting the Wyandottes this year, but I might next time. They do sound like great birds!
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    I haven't got any of the new ones yet. I may have posted some of the original 4 here, but idk. You are being helpful. The quail or muscovies might be an option someday, but I'm building a coop and just ordered 6 chicks, so it's too late to change for this year. My experience with ducks is...
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Oh I can have chickens fine. I'm legally limited to only a few, but the rooster is the annoying law. That would save me a lot of money to be able to hatch my own chickens, let alone sell them (I know that's work and all, but im just saying).
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Having been hit by a Shockwave once, I can understand why they don't try and fly over it LOL I have seen armadillo, possums, and cats and one dog. I'm sure there are raccoons as well. I've seen a few hawks, but none have ever messed with any of the birds, or even done a second flyby...
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Ah, that makes sense. I don't have any fence yet, but I was thinking of getting either 4ft chicken wire or premier one shock fence. The chicken wire is way cheaper, but idk if that would keep them in or not. Probably not... the premeir one probably would.
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    Thanks! yeah, the feathered feet thing is definitely not good if they're wet at all. If they're dry, it might help, but my yard is wet, so it wouldn't go well. Definitely sounds like the rooster isnt an option. Sad, because it would be amazing to get to breed them.
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    All of that, EXCEPT flying seems like a good thing. But I suppose I can trim their wings (feathers only, I think right?) if/when I get a fence and let them free range.
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    Looking for egg layers that are cold hardy

    I got bit by the chick bug again... I'm probably buying some chicks in the next week. I have 2 hens, but want to add 6 more (and a rooster if there is a quiet one). I have a Black Australorp and a Rhode Island Red, so I would like to get other egg colors, and breeds. I like the BAs for the...
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    Can I pick up my babies?

    Yeah, whoever said that doesn't really think very hard about the logic of what they say. (Not you OP) The breeders handle them. How does rhis person think they end up in a box and then end up in your brooder? Also, as others have said, not only is it completely fine to handle them, but you...
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