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I have 11 hens now. We have been locking the birds up since i lost my dominique. The original run is very secure. The secondary run has some small holes from where the gates didnt line up that i need to patch. Hoping the hawk cant fit through

How big of a hole can a coopers hawk fit through? Going to patch holes in the new run with wiring today while my daughter is at school and 10 month old naps

I had a rooster too and rehomed hime because my dogs went nuts everytime he crowed. Wish i had kept him

My injured girl is acting fine and i can't tell if her comb is black where it got ripped off or if its dried blood. I read on another thing its bad if it turns black? Why? She's acting totally normal. Should i put some blue kote on it tomorrow? I havent messed with it at all because shes acting...

Yes they are all in the run now and we are putting up some covered fencing tomorrow to make the run bigger since they can't free range now. Going to put up fake owls also.

Pretty sure it was a coopers hawk that injured her. Found my dominique slaughtered yesterday evening and a coopers hawk has been in my yard all day scoping out my coop

I have bluekote but i was afraid to get it in her eyes

I let her out with the others and today when i went out to check on everyone another hen jumped at her and kicked her with her feet. Her wound isnt reopened and shes foraging fine. What do i do at this point? Earlier i went out to get eggs and she was roosting in the coop as if to hide.

Ok so this morning I went to let all of the girls out and the injured hen seems ok. She ran out for their treat. It seems the middle section of her comb was ripped off. It isnt bleeding anymore and the blood dried black so the others dont seem to be picking at her. I'm going to let her free...

Tomorrow morning i will post pics of her. They are all roosting now. Hopefully i can catch her to seperate her

Tonight when i went to lock up the girls i noticed droplets of blood in the coop. My girls free range during the day and go in and out of the coop. One of my buff orpingtons seems to have a comb wound. Not sure what happened but she has blood on her head and around the comb. I didnt want to mess...