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Had a couple missing after a recent fox attack. One showed up within the hour (albeit missing a large chunk of skin). The other I hunted hours for before finding her sitting in some tall grass by the road. She seemed to have pulled a muscle running and couldn’t walk more than a few steps at...

I’ve used PP layer on and off. Could be entirely coincidence, but those times have seemed to correlate with getting weaker shells. Last bag I bought was really heavy with molasses for some reason. Since the PP comes in 40 pound bags there’s only about a 50 cent difference between it and DuMor...

Could be another fox. Have ran off at least three different ones during the day over the last month or so here (thankfully with only one hen injured and recovered). It’s kit rearing season, so they’re out and about more in the day right now.

Ah, okay. My thinking was that while I don’t really know what my chickens are eating at a given time, I pretty much know what plants, insects, etc are plentiful here and wondering what particular things might still be around in the winter. I’m not religious, but I can see what you’re saying...

I’m in Kentucky, so a pretty similar climate to you. Would you mind detailing what your birds eat in the winter to sustain themselves? If not here, is there another thread where you talk about that? I think that would be really helpful info, even for folks who don’t free range as supplemental...

My OEGB mix hen will crow outside my windows every once in a while when her requests for feed aren’t being responded to fast enough.

One of my EE “pullets” stayed smaller than the rest for a long time. While the others were gaining size and feathers, it basically stayed looking like a day old puffball running around. Also ate a lot like yours. Grew very slowly compared to the others, but got there eventually.

LOL, no. I’m the S&S mod with the axe avatar.

This made me do a double take before my brain realized I’d saw your thread on BF yesterday. You do excellent work. 👍

Many thanks. These are fertile, so they should if nothing happens. The rooster paid her no attention until recently so this will be her second time being broody with fertilized eggs. The last ones got eaten by something. I’m in the sticks, so predators are plentiful. She’s decided to lay a...

Incubator. A Lyon Turn-X. Found it in the storage building where it had been sitting since a relative bought it at a yard sale or something over a decade ago and figured I’d give it a shot. The heat lamp was just to make sure everybody was dry before switching to a “mama heating pad” I...

Hi. Had this stray show up last year and looking to find out what she is. Looking at pictures I’m thinking maybe OEGB or a mix, but not sure. Behavior: Very friendly and very vocal. Frequently broody (sitting on eggs she laid on my porch right now). Flies well and has out-maneuvered all the...

Think I’m supposed to post an introduction, so hello. In Kentucky. Have Easter Eggers, Barred Rocks, and Amberlinks. Just hatched my first chicks (14 of 18 so far). Looking to get quail and possibly ducks this year.