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Yes we have galvanized fencing and this one in particular keeps finding a way out and we let her back in several times a day. Ive never seen her under a car but I guess it could be possible.

This is a yellow buff orpington whose feathers are turning grey. At first I thought it was dirty but it's been this way for months and is growing. My other buff doesn't have this problem. Sorry she's wet, its been raining today. Shes only a few years old at most.

I think she is broody. I gave her an egg to sit on, and she pushed it under her and sat back down on it. I don't know why the other chickens won't lay though. I'm trying to find a place where I can buy fertilized eggs for her to hatch.

I have only 3 chickens which started laying eggs in February. Last year all of my previous chickens were murdered by a stray dog, so I've been keeping the new chickens in a much smaller pen away from the street. Over the winter, they lived in my garden area, but a few weeks ago I built a new...