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Quote: I free range my flock. They aren't penned. I believe most folks that live in areas with populations of hawks or eagles use some type of covering to discourage the aerial predators. You'll find lots of creative ideas for coverings in the coop construction section of the forums. I...

Quote: I don't like the idea of picking them up and holding them upside down and I'll tell you why. A chickens lungs aren't where you'd expect them to be, they are more towards their back than chest. I don't know of any cases of this personally, but I've read that they can smother them if...

Quote: Ut oh, this does not bode well for him, already going after the kids. We have a 3 year old GS and even though my Thor has never shown any aggression at all, I don't allow him to be around where the GS is playing. Kids move too fast, are often louder than adults (LOL, typed "humans"...

Quote: I should note here that this is my own preference with my roo. Others have cuddlebug roosters and that's just fine for them. My own personal experience with them is that if you have a roo without a single aggressive bone in his body and you cuddle him, you have done nothing but...

Hi. Personally I don't believe in making friends with my roo. He understands that I am the alpha roo (even though I'm a hen) and he keeps his distance from me. I don't want him to get so comfortable with me that he thinks about challenging me for the alpha position. You can read on my BYC...