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So this is the devil that lurkes in the night. He sure looks big to me. I guess he is what chased my big roo around the house the other night. I put him in with the smaller chickens once they go to roost. So far so good. I think I have a job for the hubby now.

Geez...I'm so ignorant about all this. So, then I DON'T need grit. I just call what I feed them..."feed"....LOL So am I to take it it's really called "Scratch"? I'm feeding them "Dumor Grower/Finisher.

I haven't gotten any scratch yet. Mine are two months old plus the big roo which I don't know how old he is. I live in FL where everything is sand. So I heard it said...because my area is solid sand...I don't need to put out scratch...true or not? If not...what type of scratch should I get...

I hope to! But I have no idea about any of this...I'm just learning.

I decided to put my chicken adventures here, so as not to contaminate the forum with ill placed rhetoric...LOL. There are so many topics that tend to be interdependent, I confuse myself as to where I should put my posts. Here's some pix of my "gang". I started out with seven 2-3 weekers. I...

Friend of mine gave me a roo. He's HURGE compared to my 2 month olds so he gets the full run of the ranch. I told my friend he was gonna free range it and I hope that he would survive. My husband is a little disgruntled about the crowing he does throughout the day. He says, "somebody needs...

Thanks guys....I'm new to this chicken stuff. My husband is pretty much known around these parts as the horse whisperer as he is extremely gifted with horses but he has taken to calling me a chicken whisperer...LOL. Yeah right...I don't know squat. But I do spend a fair amount of time in a...

I have 8 chickens now...3 of which I believe are roos. I had 3 I raised from about 2-3 weeks old, they are now around 2months old. Two days ago I bought 5 to add to my 3. I watched them to see "what" if anything might change, be challenged or simply accepted. Well, they still keep to their...

Thank you for your words...I lost: 1 to a coyote 2 to a hawk (nailed both of them THROUGH the chicken wire and still had his leg stuck through the fence holding down the chick (coop is covered) 1 to a raccoon 3 nights ago Still have 3 and tomorrow I go to pick up more now that I've got the coop...

The one of the left looks like one of mine...I'm a newbie so don't take my word for it but the one on the left looks a whole lot like my "Einstein" that I "felt" was a roo at 2wks old. He's (if he is indeed a he) now 2 months old... "Einstein" Good luck finding out. I've heard it said on...

Hey, Dr Tom...my brother in law takes large diameter PVC piping and cuts it to an appropriate length. Then he smears the inside of the pipe with crisco or better yet bacon grease. He buries one end in the dirt at a steep angle and at an appropriate depth. He drops the offending varmint's...

lizzard....I for one am enjoying your questions as my day is coming...someday and am learning alot being in here. CONGRATS!

OMGosh...I'm literally spilling tears as I read this and am writing now. I only have 3 chickens aged 2 months. I learned something here at the expense of your Gracie. This story almost makes me not want to have any chickens. I've already lost 4 of my chickens to predators due to an...

The lady that sold them to me said they were RRR's. But someone on here thought that one of these was an Easter Egger as her legs are sorta blue. And thanks, cuz All I really care about is just having chickens, eggs and maybe raise some. There's a lady that has Americanas, Leg Horns, Buff...

Oh yeah...can I mix other breeds with these guys?

Ok...what do I have here? Sex and breed? I believe Einstein to be a roo and perhaps the smaller one too? "Einstein"

Wow Tala....here I thought I had a good coop! And no, the hawk didn't get him through the roof...on the ground on the side...guess I'd better round up some more scrap material. and that yard cloth is ridiculously expensive!

awesome story....makes me hopeful that "Einstein" turns out to be a roo!

I hate that "Dolly" met her end. I had a small "hutch" like coop placed inside the coop to put them in at night until they got bigger. I have left them out of the small coop for the last three nights because I thought they were getting big enough......so very WRONG was I...they will go back...

Thanks rare. I don't know much about alot, but it seemed to me that a fox or coyote would "go hide" with their kill to feel secure with it. I can't see a coyote jumping up on top of the coop to eat or a fox for that matter but certainly not a coyote. Raccoon seems more likely and we DO have a...