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I have a small dog (20lb miniature American Eskimo). She seemed to be fine with my hens, pretty much ignoring them. BUT, for some reason she killed one of my ladies last year. I don't know if she just didn't LIKE her or if she just had a bug up her booty that day, but no more unsupervised yard...

ChickenTenderJo, I hope your babies feel better! I have 3 pullets in the brooder right now, 2 are about 2 mos (a wellsummer and a production black) and a 1 month old Columbian Wyandotte. The baby always seemed to be a little lethargic, we joked that she might be narcoleptic and considered...

Yikes, I didn't think about health implications! Our only hen, a Leghorn, went broody almost 4 weeks ago. Her "sister" was killed by a hawk right before so at first we thought she was depressed! But she's definitely broody. I read this thread and learned about the "broody buster" when she...

Hi everyone! The answer to my questions may be in the 16247 replies on this thread, but I just couldn't scan anymore! Can getting a new coop make a hen go broody? It seems like a weird coincidence that the very next day she got a super, nice new coop she started acting like this. I thought...

Hello All! I'm thrilled to have found BYC and this fellow chicken community! I've had a small number of chickens for the past year with some success (and some not-so success). : ( Reading this forum has already answered so many of my questions. I have a year old white Leghorn out in the coop...