Shoot em all! Keep reloading and keep pumping that action! Pull the plug out of it so you can feed all 5 rds into it! I like OOO Buckshot best out of a shotgun. From my experience, screw in the open cyl choke for slugs and full for buckshot. Nice tight pattern about the size of a metal trashcan...
I've lost around 30 birds over the years to hawks, all types have been seen dining here enjoying a fresh chicken dinner on a tab. I have, after trying all the many suggested ideas with no luck, employed the S.S.S. method of predator eradication. Keep in mind that your two Coopers main goal is to...
I have one of those little three egg incubators. I have tried three times to hatch eggs and two of the three times I got at least one chick who had made it all the way to suck up the yolk and fully developed but never pip'd the shell and finished hatching. I have had plenty of water in the space...
I have a few chickens that are missing their neck feathers. Upon examination I see no insects or any other reasons for this to be happening. It has been going on for a month on some of my bantams but recently my standard Orpington Rooster has now lost a patch of his feathers. He is penned up...