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Those are all good methods. I think the rats started from my neighbor not having garbage pick up and waiting to burn his garbage every two weeks. From there they another source of food at my house. We bought a steel animal friendly trap for the raccoon but he/she was taken out by a car before...

I lost 3 to a raccoon. Later, I had rats coming in and eating food left on the ground and when that ran out, one or more attacked my Ana around the neck. She fought them off and I like to think that most of the blood was theirs. We tried many things to get rid of the rats, but they are...

I know this is too little, too late, but for future reference, I just went through the same thing with my Faverolle. The vet said it was most likely Mareks and I had to put her down. I'm trying to prevent the spread to the rest of the flock now. I washed down the inside of the coop where...

I know this is an old thread, but my Ancona has not laid an egg for four months and judging by the color of her crown, she is calcium deficient. Also, she pecks the ends of other eggs. She doesn't touch the free oyster shell and is now not excited about eating anything other than greens. I...

I know exactly how you feel, as I lost both my Andalusians last year, including my beautiful blue Andie. I still don't know what got her, but I couldn't find a puncture wound on her and the white Andalusian was nothing but feathers left. One other chicken was attacked on her back, but not...

Good Day Everyone. I wanted a small flock of laying hens for about two years now but waited until I had the time to pursue it and a job without travel. I have been following BYC for about the same amount of time and have benefited greatly from the posts and comments. The chicks arrived on...