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All three of my beautiful chooks were gone this morning. Door open and feathers everywhere. They were just three years old, and I’d hand raised them from babies. They were all so sweet- they come to their names and cluck at me for treats. Recently they survived a massive 60+ year old coral...

I have 3 Australorp girls, about 2-3 years old, getting eggs every other day from each of them (except 1 who is late moulting). Had them since they were a couple weeks old, and they're all real sweet. Usually they're up and about between 4-5am every morning, and they'll go to bed around 5-6...

I've just realised that I've got a security camera pointed straight at my chicken coop (only took me three years of staring down at the footage to realise that!) and on having a flick through my footage, I've seen some really... odd behaviour. My girls are in a predator proof 2mx2m run as well...

What are they? Are they harmful? What can I do to prevent them? I found them whilst cleaning out chicken poop today. All chickens are fine and all still laying eggs.

Noticed this on one hen. 24 week old Australorp. Not yet laying. Raised bump. Two noticeable ones. Top of comb seems to be chalky white- appears flakey. I cannot for the life of me catch this one hen- and it stresses her greatly to do so and would rather (for both our sakes) not have to unless...

First egg today! So happy. Was jumping up and down when I saw it. And here's the problem- it wasn't in the coop. It was in the corner of their run (and under the coop- had to crawl my way to it. Yesterday I had a hunch, so I removed the boards blocking off the nest boxes (as they had taken to...

I have three lovely 16-18 week old Australorp girls who I've just started on shell grit. I'll put a scoop (probably 3/4 a cup) of grit in a seperate hanging container I have for them, and usually by the end of the day it's all gone. I've been filling it up daily and I'm concerned that im...

I was stupid enough to use oats that I hadn't yet left in the freezer for a couple days. Three weeks on when my mealies are thriving and coming into feeding sizes i found a (small) infestation of grain mites! Had to chuck every thing away... The beetles, the pupa, the worms... All of it! That's...

Hello! I'm pretty new to chickens... Well, these are my very first chickens. Three Australorps. The hatchery sold them to us as all female, but I'm having my suspicions of one of the chickens. They are approx 16-18 weeks old. Chicken 1 Chicken 2 Chicken 2 (second pic) Chicken 3 Any...

10-12 week Australorp girls (3) Just started mixing in a grower feed with their starter crumble. They're eating that all up + grasses, bugs and mealworms I bring out to them every day. Since I started adding in the grower (a scoop for every three of the crumble) they're crops have been empty. I...