killing

Last year I had a flock of 20, that was unfortunately reduced to 1 when a Coyote found a weak point in the run. The 1 is not living with my mother. My partner and decided to get some more birds this year, and we got 8 chicks, and 2 ducklings. Had them for about 3 weeks now, and one of the...

Okay so I don't know what is going on but in the span of a week my mom and I have found 2 dead hens. The first was a young Houdan, pretty new to the flock so I'm guessing they were already picking on her and things got out of hand. My mom found her practically mauled. Just this morning when I...

I have two broody hens who's eggs have just started to hatch, this morning they were all packing around, the chicks are 0-4 days old. I went to check on them around 20min later and one of the mother hens had (this is graphic) pecked the chicks scalp until its bleeding. It's obvious it wasnt...

The last two nights a rat has gotten in the pen with the brand new chicks. Can't tell how they're getting in. But two days in a row when we opened the pen a dead baby was in there chewed up. What can I or should I do?

My chickens just pecked a pigeon to death it was horrible, I didn't get to them in time to stop it. This is the first time my chickens have killed an animal is there any precautions I need to take? Are my chickens going to be OK? Can they get a disease from it? Also this is my first time owning...

My favorite BC Miran was murdered yesterday. She was about 4 months old I assumed it was a predator but after looking at it it doesn't look like anything ate much of her maybe just the breast. She was literally just ripped apart from her stomach and her body was left intact. Feathers everywhere...

I have never raised chickens. I have never lived on a farm, nor even visited one for more than a little tour when I was quite young. Having purchased my first home, AND home STEAD, in 2016... and at over the age of 40, everything has been exciting and daunting at the same time. I currently...

If you live with chickens and you have tons of pesky chipmunks here are some easy and effective methods. I have a few humane traps and a few kill traps. The first and most humane option is to purchase a Harvart chipmunk trap.if you have a larger one of these laying around for raccoons or...

I have a weasel that is killing my chickens and fowl, I have set a live trap but is there any other way to get rid of it? Due to the setup of my farm, fencing is not an option. I am a little frightened of it as it is not shy in the least and will do the dirty deeds while I am in the barn. It has...