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Bad attack in coop last night. One lady gone, one, severly bitten in thigh, open flesh wound, not walking. Should my DH put her out of her misery or just wait? I believe it was a raccoon pulling them through fence. NOt sure why they were near fence since their roost sits in the middle of...

I had a hen who was under the weather last week. Diarrhea/pus, almost thought she was a goner. Now, she's better and another seems, *Under the weather*. That said, there are eggs in the coop. Do you eat an egg from a sick hen? They look ok from the outside, but I wonder about bacteria on the...

I have a sick hen. She's been this way about a week. I tried the egg bound suggestions (no luck) and now I'm beginning to wonder if she nedds to be put down? What's more humane? I have no idea how old she is (if anyone remembers I rescued her from being in a pen with 8 roosters). Been straining...

SO the ladies are happy. The neighbors are helping feed yummy snacks in exchange for eggs and the girls are beginning to lay really well. I have one little Banty that is broody and likes to snuggle eggs. We have no rooster, so nothing will hatch (poor thing) but I can get some fertile eggs from...

Get chickens to lay? Created a fake nest and they seem to be laying now. Well, only twoso far, but........ Anything ese I can do?

Anything special? bugs?

wow, I have a hen who was adopted into my little pack of three hens. They pecked her unmercifully. Now i ended up with three new teens and she's beating the crap out of one of them. Why do they do this? Even after they've been picked on themselves? I get there is a "pecking order" but ...

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After trying just about everything from training, remote collar, ...... our 2 year old Cattle Dog is just getting more aggressive. She is fine with us, but has already bit two adults (walking down the street when she had got out and today, she charged the neighbor's 4 year old.) What]s worse is...

My local feed store had 8 roosters and one hen in a pen? She sure seemed beat up and missing a lot of feathers on her back. I took her home. My rooster seems to be segregating her from the others? She's HUGE compared to my little Banties. Poor thing she still seems scared, but better. Do you...

We killed another in our yard (Santa Monica Mountains). Here' my question. I send my kids out to play. I'd like to do a *sweep* (if that makes sense) of the areas they run in (zip line, swings, etc...) any tips on how to do this? Also, now there is a mountain lion passing through the back of...

what is your favorite overall chicken raising book? Particularly, with a good section on broody hens and incubating?

got 3 more babies coming tomorrow.

These chicks are coming up on 5 weeks old. I notice a couple of them getting a little bossy with the other chicks? Is this a sign that they may be Roos?

SOme critter (my dog or raccoon) got into ALL my chicken feed. I can't replace till tomorrow. Anything I can cook them up? Rice? Pasta, dog food?.......

too soon? Any roos ya think?

12 week old female Terrier mix. Hit by car and brought to pound. She has two fractured front legs. Right now they are just splinted and she's on pain meds. I want to just bring her home. She's not available till tomorrow. They have a pound vet in tomorrow who *maybe* will recommend xrays. I'm...

Are they ok in a dog crate in coop with a heat lamp? Or, still indoors?

They're back. As I walked the trail behind my house to survey the new goat paddock I'm fencing in I *a;most* stepped on a big rattlesnake (well, about 4'. but that's big to me). He was ticked and rattled for, like, 10 minutes while I slowly walked backwards and said my "Hail Mary's". Crud...

Any idea what they will look like grown? Some have feathers on their feet?