Recent content by Jamesthesilkie

Hello, so I found this predator poop today in my old chicken coop. I haven't seen anything on the security cameras near where my chickens currently stay, but I'm definitely curious what animal this is from. Located in southern Virginia

Amen, my feed is stored in a metal bin and picked up at dusk each night to minimize rodents. Also have a few feral cats on the property that assist

He has gone to heaven, hopefully the next one has an eye for the occasional egg and not my chickens, as I do appreciate the rodent control provided

Yes I totally agree. Wouldn't be so upset if he just ate one! I just put cinnamon around the coop. Hopefully that helps, and that is good to know. I ran up to him and beat him with a flip flop last night lol

That must have been Awful. Yea this one couldn't eat them it seems like, he was just killing them. Thank you for that info. I am keeping them in a fort Knox brooder for the next month at least, but will allow them to explore while I'm around.

Thank you, I'm sorry for your loss too. I am very surprised it would go after an 11 week old as well! I hope you can get him. I was able to get mine thankfully, but I'm sure there are more around

Heartbroken to say the least. I had an alert at around 11pm yesterday of motion in my coop. I run over and 3 of my chicks are dead! A black snake killed them. I am feeling very guilty, as I just moved them out of their smaller brooder wrapped in hardware cloth into a dog cage. My coop is over 50...

Oh I sure hope so. That buff hen is so pretty

Yes I know it's early 😩 don't have enough hens to keep a second rooster, but this one is my favorite so I'm trying to prepare myself in case I have to eat him. 🥲

Please help w/ sexing my Aussie. Reasons I think it's a roo- Largish comb Confident Reasons I think it's a hen- Feathered in pretty quickly, but I have none of the same breed to compare. These were the best pics I could get. Any guesses are welcome. Thanks

I sprayed my neighbor's dogs with a hose about 5 times and they stopped coming into my backyard. It depends on how strong their prey drive is though

Snake? Happened to me a few years ago 😔

Yea I understand! My turkeys are my pets so it's really hard to get rid of them.

Yes I regret doing this. I handle each poult for an hour until they are about 6 weeks old. This is the second tom I've kept that has turned out aggressive. I always give him hugs so he must know what's up with me, lol. Should I tell my mom to hug him? I don't want to get rid of him so I'm going...

This doesn't seem like he wants to mate her, right? He rushes her and flies at her face. There's two more of us living here, both males, and we have no issues. I'm wondering if it's because she's always been scared of the male turkeys so she kinda fast walks away from him whenever he's near?