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I didn't see any injuries. Most times I saw her I checked for bugs but I didn't see any under her wing. She was about 3 i think. she wasn't underweight, i don't really know there didn't seem to be much wrong other than being lethargic and a yellow comb/ wattles.

Hello everyone! My silver laced wyandotte was just found dead in the middle of the run :( She had a very pale and almost yellowish look to her comb and wattles for a few weeks prior but I didn't think it was actually a disease or problem I just thought she was getting picked on or stressed...

Hello everyone! It has been raining a lot where I live for a few months and my chicken coop has turned into a swamp. I sprinkle hay in their coop for a temporary fix but it only works for a few days and then it rains again. I can tell that my chickens are not enjoying it, and I don't enjoy...

I guess this kind of applies to all breeds, but I have a silver-crested Polish hen who has a very dirty crown. It's been raining a lot here and her crown has never fully gotten cleaned. She is also getting picked on because of it. Does anyone know the easiest way to clean her head? Or any...

It's currently covered in chicken wire but I think I'm going to reinforce some parts with hardware cloth.

We have pretty much all of your stereotypical forest animals, foxes, raccoons, coyotes, possums, etc. Lately I have seen the same raccoon and the same fox wander around the yard, so I suspected it would be one of those. I thought it might be a fox because the hole I found was incredibly small...

The second was in the middle of the run Our entire run is covered in chicken wire. Thank you!

I didn't take pictures. It was a lot of feathers and very graphic. She looked kind of scattered around. I should have mentioned that the first time a chicken was caught through the chicken wire, where she was almost completely decapitated, and half of her side was eaten.

My chickens keep dying. I've lost two so far over the past two days. I suspect that a fox was able to get in, as I have seen one around the yard near the coop. I think our coop is pretty secure, but I've heard that foxes will always find a way inside a coop. Tonight we put chicken wire over the...

Last night, I suspect that my partridge cochin went to get a drink of water when it was dark and ended up being killed through the chicken wire, as we had left the water at the door (stupid mistake I know). I'm worried that now it will come back and try to actually get into the coop and kill...

I am getting a Barbet dog soon but I have heard that they were used for hunting fowl, and are quite active and rather difficult to train. I know this breed of dog is rather rare, but if anyone has any experience with these dogs and chickens please tell me about them so I better know how to take...

We have one chicken that is around 4 years old 1 that is almost 3 2 that are 2 1/2 2 that are just over a year and 2 that are around 8 months old

Hello Everyone! I went to collect my chicken's eggs today and saw that the bottom of the nest box had some blood on it. They have had blood on their eggs before, but just the occasional spot. This was enough to catch my attention as it was more than just a little bit of blood. Does anyone...

In previous years my chickens had done fine in the cold, but after a recent cold blast I went out the other day and they had some pretty noticable frostbite. All of them have it on their combs, and a few on their wattles. I put vaseline on their combs but is there anything else I can do to make...

Hello! I have a black australorp hen who is molting, but its getting down to freezing temperatures at night. Normally I wouldn't be concerned because of her heavy feather coat but she's losing more feathers by the day. Should I be worried? Is there something else I should do? Also, its worth...

It looks like they only ate a small amount. I was told by a friend who also owns chickens to mix electrolytes and whole milk and give it to them. I just want to make sure they will be okay.

My chickens ate some buckeyes! What do I need to do I heard that they are highly toxic??? They each ate probably 2-4 bites of buckeye nut.

Sorry I haven't been on the site in a while! I made a different thread with my current struggles but long story short, they are in the same coop but they are not accepting eachother. Thanks for all the advice though!

Hello! So recently I had to introduce 3 new chickens to my 4 older chickens, and they are so mean! It has been almost two months now and the older hens are still chasing the new ones around. And it is really just one hen who is causing the most damage, she chases them around and pulls out...

Hello! I have a black bantam frizzle cochin rooster in my coop. He sleeps in the nesting box because he can't reach the top roosting bar. I honestly have no idea why he wouldn't just sleep on the lower bar (we have a high and low bar in our hen house). Is he sleeping in the nesting box because...