Recent content by Firemandivi

I will try that this weekend and see how they do. right now when I go to collect the eggs they run to the far corner of the run, which is so opposite of how they use to act. Hopefully they can start trusting again sooner rather than later. I hate to see them so skittish, but I can understand...

Try putting some food pellets on the nipple. Or put a broken nipple that leaks on so they see the water there. Either way they will eventually learn. Good luck

After a bear ate some of my chickens they have all been extremely skittish. Its at the point that when I let them out of the run they are hard to impossible to get back in until it gets dark. They will scatter to the woods when anyone is within 50' of them. This is not how they were before the...

I don't have rain collection yet but I have my coop designed so I can add it later. Yes you will need some kind of gutter collection system and a screen to keep debris out of your rain barrels. Then if you can elevate your rain barrels you can let gravity take the water to our chickens. If...

It would depend on your budget and your goals. If you are just looking for shade then you could make something to hold up the tarps and that could work. If you are looking for something more permanent to protect from predators then singles or even a metal roof would work. If you want to...

I'm in NY, and where I live is very close to where NJ dumps all their problem bears. But I didn't see any tags on this bear. We have quite a few bears on my property and every trail camera I setup will have a bear on it if left for only 2 weeks or so.

So I have had some bear problems as I previously noted and did what I could to stop the bear from getting to my chickens. Last night during dinner I saw the bear come out of the weeds. I took a few steps to go get my shotgun and then saw a very small cub, then another very small cub. Well I...

I forgot to ask do you have a roof on the run? I have seen animals climb fences that you wouldn't think possible. We have most predators by me, bald eagles, coyotes, foxes, fishers, mink, weasels, bobcats, hawks, and black bears. I made my run and coop as predator proof as possible so that...

Months ago I had a bobcat sit at the gate of my run and watch the chickens, they were as far away as possible from the bobcat. My youngest son took a picture with his tablet, didn't come out good but you could tell the chickens were huddled in the corner and the bobcat was at the gate just...

Here is the best picture of my coop that I have on my phone, I'll take another tonight to share with everyone. I have installed electric fence around the coop which I really hate the look of, I'm open to any ideas on how to make the fence less obtrusive. I also installed a motion sensor in the...

I have had my chickens for a year with no problems. I have Plymouth Rocks, and have/had 12 hens and 1 rooster. We have a lot of bears and other predators around me but still none have tried to bother the chickens. Heck my youngest son took a picture of a bobcat at the gate to the run just...

I'm a new member and new to having chickens. I have or had 13 Plymouth Rock chickens for a year. I had 12 hens and 1 rooster. Last night a bear broked down my fence and got into the coop and ate at least 1 chicken I can only find 10 hens and 1 rooster now. Going to post more in the predator...