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We went through the same sick looking bout with Beakie last fall. Vet said she has cancer and I could euth or wait till I find her toes-up some morning. She wasn’t in pain so I decided to wait. Two days later she was up and at’em and has been FINE, thank you, ever since. Apparently 4 years old...

Opossums are good. Please don’t poison him!!!!! Any larger predator who eats his dead or dying corpse will also die. Dig down below your run and attach hardware cloth all the way around….

I think you can stuff calcium tabs down her throat. Hot baths, frequently. A little massage? My Beakie was in a terrible way in September. Lay around, no eating/drinking/pooing/laying. Nothing, also pale. After three days of baths, I took her to the vet who said palliative care, she probably has...

I used to have a heat lamp for my girls til I read on this website that they don’t need heat-we were in Maine, it was cold. I don’t use any heat source now except that their water is in an electric dog water dish so it never freezes. I would say yes, you will want to close them up at night...

I have a battery powered door and have it set to close after dark so no lady is left out in the cold. I also have a light on a timer inside the coop so as dusk approaches, the light turns on and stays on for a couple of hours. It goes on early in the morning, too, during the short winter days...

Chicken wire’s holes are too big-use rat wire or I guess it is called hardware cloth. The holes are tiny squares. Having had all sorts of rodent problems with my coop/run, I’d say line the bottom of the house and run with rat wire AND sink wire down into the ground around the whole palace/run. I...

Dragonfly Farm said: Is Beakie egg bound, ill or what? She's been sitting in her box for 2 full days. Not eating, not roosting, not walking about. Today I gave her a hot bath, which she loved. After drying her in the sun, she started walking around and nearly dove into her bowl of smoothie then...

Is Beakie egg bound, ill or what? She's been sitting in her box for 2 full days. Not eating, not roosting, not walking about. Today I gave her a hot bath, which she loved. After drying her in the sun, she started walking around and nearly dove into her bowl of smoothie. I don't get it. Her eyes...

Hi-Thanks! They are only 3 years old. They didn’t lay during the winter. My last batch of ladies were still laying into their teens. Guess what, Beakie gave me an egg today, best girl!😂

Hey, have any other New England hens recently stopped laying? All four of mine seems to have gone on strike, even Beakie! Nothing has changed in their lives. I dont remember summer being a time of being eggless. Please advise. 🥚🥚🥚

I’d guess those kids need some kindness training?

We had a fabulous big white Roo with dark green tail and trim. He attacked the school bus when it stopped for our kids and the UPS truck-never a human nor pet. He kept his women safe and battled a raccoon more than once. We’d hear the “chicken alert” and would all run out with bats and golf...

My Beakie is coming 4 years old this year.

Have you looked for my Beakie on here? Her bottom beak is at 90 degrees to the top. Twice a year I take her to have her beak trimmed-doing it yourself can cause the beak to split. I make smoothies for Beakie-layer crumbles, raisins, meal worms which I whirl in the Cuisinart then while still...

Precious bunch but Muffin takes the cake! She's adorrrrrable.