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Had a I’ve had a Coopers Hawk fly in through a 2’x2’ opening into my chicken run and proceed to eat my 1 bird while the other 9 watched. They were over a year old at this point. Good luck

This is our first winter with our chickens here in central N.Y. weather has been pretty cold lately in the single digits and negatives for a few weeks. We don’t have heat or lights in our chicken coop, just a ‘utility de-icer’ for our 7 gallon water tank. We don’t get nearly as many eggs but...

Thank you. The bigger ones are 16 weeks and are from the earlier pics. The smaller 6 are 8 weeks. We lost 5 of our original birds to a mother fox and her 5 pups. Haven't seen the foxes since the mother got shot and lost 3 of her pups one night. We keep a closer eye on the yard while the chickens...

Thank you. I think this weekend when I'm home all day I'll let the 8 week olds out in the yard first and then after a little hit let the 15 week olds out Hoping there won't be many issues since they've all been living in the same coop for almost 4 weeks now. With the open cage dog kennel...

Thank you. I will follow your advice. The biggest worry is the difference in size.

We have 13 total. 1 rooster (15 weeks) and 12 hens. 6 are 8 weeks old and 7 are 15. The younger ones have been in a dog kennel inside of the main coop for about 3 to 4 weeks now. All 13 have been separated so far but I'm wondering if it's almost time to let them loose with the older ones...

Sounds like a fox to me

The ladies and the prince on the roost

The ladies and the prince on the roost

Him at a couple weeks old

To any/all of my CNY BYC'ers. I have an 8-1/2 week old production red rooster. We can't keep nor do we want to keep him. Not looking to sell him, just looking to see if someone locally would have a need for him.

Thank you! It took the girls a few days to learn what the dust bath was for. After they saw a wild bird playing in the sand they got jealous and took it over. Lol

Didn't realize I never took a picture after it was fully done today. I also put 1/4" hardware cloth on the inside of the window so even when it's open nothing can get in.

Followed the advice. Went ahead and Added an 18"x18" plexiglass window making two windows. Now when the sun rises it will start lighting up the coop inside. Also added a dust bath inside the coop. Used a plastic tote about 3' long and 16" deep. Used the DE and sand with wood ash, also making...

Also. I put them outside Monday. I've kept the red lights as it's been chilly here in CNY around 32 at night for a low. Should I start putting them on the roost now? Should I wait until they don't need the extra bit of heat at night in a week or two then put them up to roost being that it will...

Thank you. That is very helpful. I do not currently have a dust bath for them. I'm outdoors all day and let them free range but right now they're getting the lay of the land. What do you suggest for making them a dust bath? The 7 week olds walk up the ramp with no problem. I was worried about it...

Right now I have an over abundance of pine trees cut down last year. Saved all the branches so I'm going to use that primarily. Also have a bunch of maple. Will do research but for now I'll stick w pine and make sure it's nice and dried out.

You're talking about bumblefoot right? I was worried about that from them landing on hard surfaces and such so I'm going to make sure it's kept deep.

Thank you both. Right now the shavings are 6-8" deep. And lol about the windows. Went to hardware store to get plexiglass to put windows on both sides. Right now the only window is on the west side so no morning sun. Also. I've been noticing them making pits to lay in the pine shavings so I'm...