#cats

Hello! So I went out tonight to feed my hens before it got pitch black (it was already dark but not too bad) and we had a visitor. I found a RAT in there! :mad: Not what I wanted to see at all. We have had encounters with mice before but now it seems like we have rats. Here are my encounters...

So I still haven't made a decision about an LGD. I love the idea but i have questions. As i feared ever since our barn cat died other cats are moving in. Chopper never bothered the chickens in any way but i don't trust this will be true for every cat that shows up at our place. We've never...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I first had chickens about 40 years ago in 4-H. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Right now I have 8 birds. 2 Red sex link, 2 black sex link, 2 White laced Wyandotte, and 2 white chickens. They were from the pullet bin at...