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Cats definitely

It’s been along time but if anyone remembers this thread I have an update. 1. We moved. 2 I haven’t lost one chicken to raccoons or anything else in 5 years. We have a 10 foot wooden fence and a concrete floor coop. I did find a neighborhood chihuahua chewing on one of my chickens but I rescued...

1. Naked Necks - they are funny looking 2. Australorps - docile, friendly, good layers 3. Salmon Faverole - best rooster I ever had 4. New Hampshires - too heavy for a hawk to carry away - nice birds 5. Silkies - delicious (just kidding) they're all good layers - except the Silkies

what breed could you cross a silkie with to get large offspring?

@KDMdesigns can you pm me with details?

I wonder if there is anyone making an order that I can go in on with them... I don't have the space for a minimum of 25 order but if someone else was making an order from a hatchery maybe I could buy a few from that order? We are quite new here and I don't know anyone else who has chickens...

I'm in Garland, my yard is big enough for 2 to 5. And the coop is almost finished, last bit of screen going up and sand for the floor.

I'm in Texas, and the backyard is empty, if someone has poultry, ducks or chickens etc to rehome let me know - I take in strays. I don't think I can have roosters in this area tho :(

I have to amend my comments on my coop. One night I found the racoon on the roof of my 8 foot coop. :he I think the only answer for raccoons is seal your coop. If the coop hadn't been sealed the raccoon would have gotten a head off one of the chickens, the opening without the mesh wire is big...

I have an olive egger that is a New Hampshire crossed with a mixed rooster (AmercaunaXAustralorp). She is yellow with blue legs and lays army green eggs.

pullet

Pretty!

Just.... ew

we are looking to move to the Yukon, near your neck of the woods. Any advice? How are things going so far?

I would like to hear all your experiences raising chickens in the cold northern Yukon. What do you wish you had known when you started with your flock in the Yukon? Any advice? What are your preferred breeds to for winter hardiness, where do you buy your chicks from? Predators? Anything? Thanks!

I bought 6 guinea fowl last summer, 3 boys and 3 girls, two died. The remaining four bred like rabbits. One guinea went broody and turned up in the yard with 19!!!! chicks, 16 of which lived and are driving me nuts. Not to be outdone the other guinea decided to go broody and she turned up with...

@ Ed the floor of the coop is too high for a racoon to reach (I looked up raccoon specs to see how high they can reach) so I'm not worried about that, I'm a bit worried they can climb the posts to get to the coop.

yeah, mine do that too, I'm taking the panel down soon it was just a grow out pen for the chicks. I'll be wiring around the base of the coop with hot wire.

that's what I was thinking of doing is getting a single strand of hot wire. I have to go to the feed store today so I can rice them out and see what I can come up with.