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  1. Mttjhubbard

    Squirrels Eating Eggs!

    I have been getting very few eggs recently so I put a security camera in the coop facing the nesting boxes. I found I have squirrels coming in and eating the eggs!! The chickens are not bothered by them and they come in after the hens are done laying. My hens have the run of our yard and the...
  2. haleyannxoxoxo

    Ants- HELP!!

    So, we have had an ant problem for a long time. We currently have 8 chicks in my laundry room in a large brooder. The ant guy is coming today to treat the outside of the house, which is the main issue. We have poison down in some spots (the ant trap kind). I was talking on the phone with my...
  3. Iziayia

    Found something in their poop

    Anyone known what these strange brown lumps are? I found them in the chickens (or turkey/duck/goose) poop from last year (thawing out from under the snow now) but it's only in some of the pools and not all of the ones I saw. Just want to make sure it's not something bad like an internal pest or so.
  4. N

    Entomologist Surrounded by Bird-Brians

    Hi there, My name is Nic and I am an aspiring entomologist in the Raleigh/Durham area of NC. I have joined this community in hopes of finding someone whose flock may have some form of arthropod parasite to include mites, ticks, poultry lice, flies, or beetles and would be willing to send some...
  5. MatthewsHomestead

    Oh No!!!!! Wolf Rat on the loose!

    So.... We saw our first wolf rat in the fall. Shot it. Thought yay, we nipped this in the bud. Until we saw two more about a month ago. Trapped two with those big rat traps. Thought yay again. Tonight I go to our basement to do my night time check on our new babies (7ducklings and 10chicks) ...
  6. Pumpkin the rooster

    Chicken-like screaming at night??

    About an hour ago, I could hear like a scream from one of my bantams, it sounded like my hen, but the more I thought about it, it actually sounded like the bantam roo I go outside to investigate, but the chickens are 100% undisturbed, no reaction, all were on their roost I later check the...
  7. Starlings - How to Keep Them from Becoming Pests

    Starlings - How to Keep Them from Becoming Pests

    Photo by Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) - Starling, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27814540 Starlings are a very common bird, especially in the american northeast. Although not harmful to chickens, they tend to carry parasites and can really make a mess in a coop...
  8. CapricornFarm

    Ground hog eating garden

    I need to save my garden. Ground hog i think eating everything. Already fenced in. Ordered fence charger. Got a shot gun. Any other ideas?
  9. ThatParrotLady

    I fought a coyote over my dead rooster and lost, now it's returning every day.

    I was trying to leave the last friday and spotted a coyote who had tunneled under our massive yard under a 6 foot chain link fence and killed my 15 week old silkie roo, my son, and I made a stupid choice and grabbed a rock and ran it down, slugged it in the side with the rock before it could get...
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