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Thanks. I just looked at GLW in the Breeds section of BYC. Looks GLW. MississipFarmBoy. Funny thing is that this is the 3rd chicken he's been given in as many months. Word must be getting out...

A friend of mine who is a Chiropractor was given this chicken for services rendered and he gave it to me. When I first saw it I thought, "Americauna." When I saw that it's legs were not green, I thought, "I have no idea." What have I been given? Thanks!

Last year I decided this was a Cuckoo Marans roo. But earlier this week someone visiting my property said he's a Dominique. Who's right? (And don't tell me it's PBR) Well you can if it really is one.

I have an Americauna that started having a bald spot on her back/rump area. I thought the other chickens were doing it either when they were roosting or when she was laying. About two months ago, I moved her out of the run to a separate area to let her heal and it hasn't. Yesterday when I was...

There is a breed of dogs that is genetically bred to protect what they grow up with. Try looking up Livestock Guard Dogs on the internet. There are various breeds. I know people who raise them with chickens, cows, goats, cats, ducks, etc. They are not known to be aggressive but they are...

Everyone, Thanks for the replies. I've enjoyed reading the different responses to what happened. To the German Shepherd lovers, I wasn't dissing German Shepherds. I personally love the breed. It could have been a Rot, a Lab, a Chesapeake Bay Ret, a Collie, German Shorthair, heck it could...

Here is where my two does now reside. It's temporary until I can fence in a bigger area for them to forage in and be better protected by then my pyr will be a little bigger. This is the run they are in. This pic is from last spring before I put a cover over it. I have 6 chickens using it...

I had to move my goats to my chicken run which is a small fort built to protect my chickens from hawks, raccoons, opossums, dogs, coyotes, foxes. It's basically a large cage buried two feet into the ground, fencing overhead and has two strands of electricity wrapping it. This is why: Several...

Recenlty, I have had to relocate a couple of Nigerian Dwarf goats to my chicken run temporarily. The goats eat their morning feed and leave nothing so, I'm not worried about chickens eating their feed. The goats do not have access to the chicken feeders. I am wondering about using loose goat...

The second picture definitely looks like rabbit.

What hatchery out there will allow me to order 5 or less pullets and mix the order with various breeds? Thank you

What does favus look like? I noticed one of the birds had a powdery substance at the base of it's beak that wiped off easily with a rag but her comb and waddle were clear. Think that might be a fungus?

I am thinking about adding to my small flock. There are some pullets and full grown hens in another town. I want to get a few more as a rescue operation but also to add to what I have. These birds act healthy but they don't look as nice as mine. Their combs/waddles have been pecked at...

Wow quarantined for 4 weeks? I don't have that kind of set up yet. I have one coop and one run that is well protected from predators. Guess I should hold off and and raise my own chicks again.

I agree with the Great Pyrenees comments. I've seen them work for a long time and decided to get one this Christmas. I have a 7 week old Great Pyr puppy that my kids will wake up to on Christmas morning along with some new goats that the puppy will be raised with. I don't free range my...

I have a small flock of 5 pullets that I raised up from chicks. I am considering adding 3 more hens to them this week. Should I gradually introduce them to each other by keeping them separated by wire/cage. Or Can I put them all together and if over aggressive behavior starts then...

I posted a reply to another thread a while ago. Same thing happened to mine. I have a light on a timer in my coop. As the days got shorter I had the light turning on earlier. My egg production came back up to normal. They have artificial light for about 3 hours before the sun comes up. It...

As the day light got shorter this winter, my chickens' egg laying dropped off significantly. I change the timer on the light in their coop to turn on earlier in the morning. Comes on at 3:00 a.m. and off around 5 to 6 pm. After about a week they were back up to their normal egg production...

I sold two and gave another away. I posted in Craig's List and sold two roos pretty quickly. I gave my prettiest but meanist RIR roo (sucker drew blood on me twice - got attacked by a fox and lived to tell about it) to a man up the road who breeds and raises chickens. I wanted him to go to a...

I read Wendy's link to the earlier post. One thing I did last week was change the timer. I was having the timer turn off the light late like 9 pm or so. I did that so I could see when I walked out the coop to lock them in. Recenlty I changed the timer to come on earlier in the morning and...