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Here's a hypothetical question: Could I have put a screech owl in my chicken run for rehab or would it harm the chickens (or would the chickens harm it)? On Sunday I found an adult screech owl in my barn, which could walk and spread wings but apparently could not fly. He hopped into a bin, so...

A different type of integration question... I have a 6 year old (non-laying) hen who has been living alone in a very small original Eglu since last fall when her companion died. This spring, I got 5 new chicks, and built a coop and run big enough for all of them. I put the chicks out there...

So we had 2 chickens happily for 3 years until one died last weekend. On Monday evening, we picked up a young pullet (almost full size height-wise) from our neighbor and put her in with our remaining chicken. When I got home from work on Tuesday, she had gotten pecked a bit on the head and...

I've got two hens - a Cuckoo Maran and a Golden Sex Link. They both normally lay medium-colored brown eggs. On Tuesday they were brown, and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, they have gotten progressively paler each day and they're just sort of tan, almost white. Nothing has changed...