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Hi everyone, This morning, within less than an hour of letting my chickens out at 7:30, a fox came and killed 5 of my chickens. We didn't hear anything! I looked out the window (the coop is right behind my house) and saw the fox outside of the chicken's fence and all the dead chickens inside...

Hi everyone, I have been trying to find the answer myself with little luck. Here is my possible problem: I have 4 chickens (hens) that I moved into a 4’x 8’ coop at the beginning of September. I did not have a problem with them roosting at all. There are 3 roost with one being higher than the...

Hi everyone, I am so upset because one of my newish pullets died at some point last night. I checked on them before I went to bed and everyone was fine. When I got up and checked on them one was dead in the little dog crate I have in their enclosure. I have had them over a month with no signs of...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to see if I was doing this right and to see if anyone had any suggestions if not or if I could do something better. We have 2 RIRs hens since we recently rehomed our rooster. When we rehomed our roo the farm we gave him to sold us 1 laying Buff Orphington and 2...

Hi everyone! We have had our RIRs for a year on 7/1/2021. We were supposed to have 4 hens, but one ended up being a rooster. He started to get aggressive and attacking my husband and I, but he leaves us alone if we aren’t in his “area” or if we have a stick or the water hose with us. We lost one...

Hi, I am new to owning chickens. I have 4 2 week old RIRs and live in Georgia. My question is: when can they go out to the coop? It is mid to low 90s during the day and maybe 75-80 at night. Would 3 weeks be too soon? The people at the tractor supply store I got them from said that would be...