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Long story short: my friend is away, there are a few of us checking on her chickens while she's away. Today I ran into someone leaving the coop/chicken check and she showed me a video of a small white stoat or weasel in the RAFTERS of the person part of the coop and asked if I knew what it was...

Hi there my gals have always laid in their nest box. They have just started laying over the last two weeks again after their winter break and the first couple were in the nest box but I've noticed the last few days they're laying in their coop in the bedding. It's not a huge deal but they are...

Hi there My friend's sweet turkey Mavis had an encounter with a coyote and she is thankfully okay but has some severe injuries. She's two weeks into healing now and she's looking good overall, eating drinking walking around and preening, but she still does have some pain we think since one of...

Hi friends I'm looking for support on this integration process that I've been doing. The two older girls are currently in their regular set up, 17'x3.5' run attached to 16sf coop. Next to them are the babies, now four months old, living in another same size run but I have been taking them into...

My two babies (born May 11 so they're about 3 months old, same size as adults) have been living in a run beside my one year old ladies' run for a few weeks now. I bring the babies inside to a crate at night. The older ladies are seemingly less reactive finally and only a little bit of chasing...

I know lavs are very hard to sex but I'm hoping both these cuties I raised for the last 8.5 weeks are pullets. Any experienced in these breeds tell me if they look similar to their pullets at this age?

I have a lavender orpington and a blue australorp that are both 8.5 weeks old. The Australorp always seems to have her tail lower than the lavender orpington (see photo of them standing beside each other). I have never had these breeds before - do both pullets look like yours? Also, confirming...

I feed my two chickens 1.5 cups of 18% moistened crumble first thing in the morning when they come out. I also have a small container of extra crumble to munch on in the run as well, about a cup. The girls have about 1/2 hr supervised free range time but otherwise are in their run while I'm at...

Health Canada has just removed all approval of anything containing gentian violet, including for animals. There seems to be an increased cancer risk with use. Take a look at the article...

Just yesterday I noticed Buttercup my cuckoo marans has a strange toenail - it almost seems like it's upside down and a little smaller? I don't remember ever noticing it before (and I spend a lot of time looking at these chickens) but it's been muddy the last week and her feather feet sometimes...

Hello! I will be raising two chicks (hatching in May) to join my current two pullets that will be a year old in June. When I raised my current ladies as chicks last year, after a few weeks in the house I moved them out to the coop as sort of a larger brooder (with a huddle box) and then let them...

Since I've come home from being on vacation, my chickens are so loud and singing the egg song for the first time ever in the early morning, even when there is no egg. Could the change in their routine/feeding have made them all messed up? They were so quiet before, especially when laying an egg...

We are going to be out of town for about 8 days and I want to make sure my gals are safe and sound. Here is what I am planning to do: - a friend is stopping by daily around noon to check they have food and clean water, throw a few treats and collect eggs - they have a heated dog bowl water dish...

Hey there We have a forecasted -35c coming later this week. I have a very tiny flock of two pullets at the moment, in a coop with plenty of ventilation. They coldest they've been has been -20c for a night or two, but this is extreme temps coming up and going to be windy. Should I wrap their...

Hi! I am doing the winter thing where I am planning ahead on what to grow in the garden, and mostly thinking about giving my ladies a larger area to hang out in the summer, close to the secure run. My question is, in this other area there is a large honeysuckle bush (very mature) and a black...

I locked my girls in the coop today with moistened food and snack because it's a crazy blizzard and the winds are nuts. most of the ventilation is covered for winter winds but today it's blowing from the opposite direction and when I just checked on them, there is snow inside their coop! I went...

I am struck at how beautiful this egg is! I am guessing it's from our cuckoo Marans, as she started doing the squat about 3 days before our Blue Star. Gorgeous egg!! I was beyond excited when I found this in the corner of the coop (not in the nest box but that's okay for now, we just have two...

I've read lots of other threads but I have some questions. Recently I lost my sweet Speckled Sussex, Squeak, at 19 weeks. She had a chronic crop issue that seemed to eventually take her. It was quite awful and very sad. I loved her and she was a very sweet chicken so I am considering adding...

hi folks! My girls have been using deep bedding since they went into the coop late June. It's starting to get chilly here (eastern Ontario) and our first frost is just weeks away. The snow usually starts by end of October/early November. Could I clean out the coop now and refresh all the bedding...

My sweet Squeaky has gone sour again. I feel like this might be an ongoing issue. She's a pet so I won't cull, but looking for help. She had gone sour before and I successfully treated (took two full weeks to see results, thank you all for your help) and she was back to her sweet, healthy self...