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last night a coongot into my chicken run, and bit a hen on the neck. she is still alive but I'm not sure what to do with her. Should i butcher her or nurse her back to health? She put up a good fight , there's feather all over the run. Can I eat a chicken that was attact by a coon?

wow i've just had a tomato sandwich with mayonnaise, from my hen eggs. The tomato from my garden, and bread i made from strach. This is great!!!

does barred rock hens lay every day or every two days? some days there are three eggs, other 2 eggs, then one egg. What going on?

i have 19 week old barred rock hens no eggs yet. but today I saw a mess on one of the pullets backside, and something dryed on the perch. I picked her up and clean her backside because the others were strating to peck her backside. I notice her toenails were very long, so are the others. do I...

I recently put pine shaving on the floor of the coop. the chicken seems to think this is food. They are eating it, and even go inside in the middle of the day to eat. they have a full bowl of feed, but seems to perfer the shavings. is this ok?

I had to cull my barred rock cockerl. he started to crow and in the town i live in we are not allowed to have roosters. So after fighting with myself I culled him this moning. It went well, I think for my first. But not a lot of blood? I had him hang to drain for an hour. Maybe not long enough...

Hi everyone. This is a strange question but does chickens eat earthworms? I have been putting earth worms in the run and the chicken just looks at it then walks off. every picture i've seen shows chicken pulling worms out of the ground. So whats wrong with my chickens?

I have a 12 week old BR cockrel a few days ago I heard ahorase sound from him and nothing since