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Chickens usually adjust to cold fairly well, it’s the heat that they tend to have problems with. If you use heat lamps they tend not to adjust properly when it gets cold - Because they become acustomed to the lamps Compensating for them. You could buy a heat lamp and keep it on standby for...

I think chickens would do fine in your neck of the woods as long as you have the proper set up and research the right breeds for cold climates. Mousture is the biggedt problem in cold weather. Your coop needs to sufficiently ventilate so poop dries out, Cold and wet is a recipe gor frost bite...

It’s in the coon family but is more like a weasal. Weigh a couple of pounds. They’re qick, can climb, and squeeze through small spaces. Howard E made a good point with them being nocturnal, they attack when the birds are sleeping so a roo won’t help. The ring tail didnt eat anything...

Depends on attributes you desire or your purpose for having chickens. I wanted eggs and Red sex links are great egg layers. Some want meat, and others want birds for show. Climate can influence choice as well. I live in central Texas where it gets really hot. So I also looked for breeds That...

Good point

Thanks for the input

Tying the carcass around the neck can work but it needs to hang to the ground where he has to drag it and you need to leave it on for several days (if you can put up with the aroma). If he killed several at once I’d recommed tying two around his neck. Dragging that weight gets old real quick...

You coul stick with the starter another week or so and then start adding crumble. Starter feeds are finely ground. Crumble is bigger. And pellets are bigger still. A lot of the feed has the same ingedients but the size of the feed matters when they’re small. I wouldn’t get layer pellets...

Lost my flock of hens to a ring tail cat. Killed all of them in one night. I’m making adjustments to my coop and pen but curious if anyone knows whether or not a roo could fend off a ring tail.

I live one mile from the company. Picked up a starter coop in person. I had an issue putting the coop together (watering tube), called them up and owner offered to take a look. I took it over and opted to build me a new one on the spot no charge. Met his wife too. She breeds chickens and...