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I've got 2 hens that decided a couple weeks ago they wanted to live outside the coop at night. One is just a few months old and the other I've had several years. I caught the young one easily and put her back in. Took me WEEK to catch the older one and get her back in. They've been in there...

Lost 4 hens last week to a nasty raccoon. The attacks were every night until we finally found where they were coming in and secured the coop. After a few days I finally let them out to free range today and had a hard time getting them back in. How long until they forget what happened???

I've had chickens for about 9 years now and have had them eat an egg that was broken and possibly eat one or 2, but now I've got somebody that is eating 1-2 eggs a day! These hens are all at least 2 years old, some older. I can't figure out who is doing it!! Today they ate 2 out of my 5 eggs...

I had a hen hatch 2 chicks last year and she decided to do it again this year so I gave her 5 eggs. Another went broody at the same time so I gave her 5 eggs. Under one hen there ended up being 2 squished eggs and she was left with 3. One tried to hatch but the membrane wouldn't come off and it...

These 2 chicks were hatched by one of my hens the end of July. I think they are both hens, but the white one is more aggressive and will stand up tall like a roo sometimes so I'm questioning. The mother of the white one is a columbian wyandotte and the father is a buff orpington. The mother...

I have tried reading the broody hen thread, but so far cannot really find the answers I am looking for. 900 plus pages is a bit much! lol! Ok, this hen is a couple years old and had tried to be broody a couple times before but I never let her hatch any eggs. I recently lost a hen and one last...

This hen has been broody a couple of times and I always stopped her. However I just lost a hen and decided I will just let her hatch! I've never done this before so is there a thread someone could point me to with what to expect? Thanks!

Friday I had somewhere to go so hubby shut the chickens for me. When I went to let them out Saturday morning I counted and one was missing, Ethel. Couldn't find her anywhere and finally yesterday I found a pile of feathers near the edge of our property. None of the chickens seemed freaked out...

I've had chickens for about 5 years now, started with a roo and 4 hens, all buff orpingtons. I have gained and lost a few over the last few years and always get rid of roosters because I only had a few hens. Now that I have 12 I'm wondering if it's ok to keep my cute buff polish that was sent...

Anybody know what my pretty girl is? She had a yellow head as a chick but now white. She's 5 weeks.

I got 27 chicks in the mail Monday from Murray McMurray. Yesterday, one of the yellow ones I noticed had poop stuck on her so I ran warm water over it until I cleaned it off. Put her back in the brooder and watched until I saw her poop. Feathers fluffed back out and she laid down to sleep...

I am on day 23 with these eggs and after throwing out 6 of them that were not forming last week, only 1 has hatched and not seeing anything from the other 5. Is this normal??? I spent like $45 on these stupid eggs. NEVER AGAIN!

I just buried my hen Saturday and now another hen has a poopy butt just like the other did. Other than that, she is eating, drinking and seems healthy. I just know that the other hen started out this way and I'm so scared I'm going to lose all my chickens! What steps should I take? I don't...

Yesterday she wouldn't eat, had a poopy butt and was very lethargic. I never could get to her to check and see if she was egg bound. When I let them out of the cage to roam she hid in the thorn bushes. When I checked on her last night she had gone into the coop and was standing beside the...

I have a hen that is a year old, Lucy. She used to lay really good but stopped this fall. The other hens have started laying again but she has not. The other day when I let them out I noticed she had a messy bottom. This morning when I went out to feed them she was not eating. She would...

I have an EE that is about a year old and she has stopped laying. I was having some trouble with her hiding her eggs outside the coop in the woods when they are let out to free range, but lately I haven't found any eggs anywhere from her. Last week they stayed inside the coop for 5 days and NO...

I posted this last week but I'm still having trouble with them. They have ALWAYS gone in at night, so I'm really not sure what is going on. I haven't seen anything different in the coop, no rats or snakes or anything. The weather is really not that hot right now because of all the rain, so I...

I came home from a bike ride 2 days ago and it was getting dark. I went out to shut the coop and found only 2 out of my 12 chickens on the roost. Found them, all but 1, roosting all over the yard! Took a while but hubby and I got them all inside. Last night I made sure to go outside around...

Yesterday afternoon my chickens were free ranging as they do almost every day that we are home. I let them out around 3:00 and they go back in on their own around 8-8:30. My husband and I went for a bike ride and stopped to talk to a neighbor. It was around 8:45 when we got back home and I...

Last night when the 3-12 week old chicks were heading in for the night, the rooster and one hen decided to go into the big coop with the other chickens instead of their little coop. One hen was not ready and stayed by herself in the small coop. The 2 stayed right inside the door but wouldn't...