Yesterday, a red tail hawk attacked my hens while they were out. None were hurt, but badly freaked out. I scared the hawk away. Three of the hens went into the coop which I was cleaning at the time. I had not collected eggs yet. The three hens got into the nest boxes and started breaking the...
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We are located on several acres out in the country in the southern tip of Illinois by Paducah Ky.
We currently have 6 RIR, 5 black astrolorps, and one...
We have had chickens for a while. My wife made cornbread for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday. We had fed them several foods. However, If you feed them cornbread muffins. You should wear gloves. I have never seen them go after any food like this. Pretty cool!
I had a barred rock hen that started to lose balance, and sitting down all the time, walking like eggbound. I have 13 hens. All the rest were fine. The barred rock hen got worse day by day and died . Later one of the other hens showed signs of limping, and sitting down frequently. I just...