just ordered up 15 chicks from meyer hatchery....12 delaware chicks and 3 black jersey giant chicks...they say theyll b here between july 26 through 28th...cant wait til they show up...
ive lost a couple of hens to a fox and now im looking to get a couple of roosters to defend my flock...does anyone have any suggestions on a good breed that will defend a flock...i was thinking about a black jersey giant cuz of there size but not sure...any suggestions
i can electrify the pen there in cuz ive used it 4 pigs b4 but im afraid my daughter will run up n take the shock instead of the fox...ive thought bout trapping but i dont like taking anything out of season but if he doesnt leave my birds alone he doesnt leave me any choice...rite now the...
electric fence should help...i had a foxe take out 2 of my chickens just before dusk 2nite...it wasnnt interested in feeding just killing...foxes are sly creatures n alot of them live in the city cause of easy access 2 food...the fox u seen prob has a den close by...
lost 2 chickens to a fox. the thing didnt even kill for food it went after them for sport. if i didnt gett out there wen i did it would of been 3 but it dropped then 1 wen it seen me. then it started coming back behind the coop n the dog chased it back away...
im new to raising chickens...2 weeks ago i bought my chicks from tsc from there assorted pullet bin...there startin to feather now and there pure white...does anyone have a idea wut they mite be...