Help: I had two hens decapitated in mid day yesterday. From our fenced in backyard. They were free ranging. one was on the opposite side of the fence, so whatever got her also got her up and over the fence as she is too big to go through the fence. Then dragged her about 7 feet (feather trail)...
This thread is very helpful to get prepared for winter, thank you
I do have one basic question: I currently have a solar door on the coop which opens at dawn and closes at dusk.
During the coldest part of winter do I want to keep the girls in the coop or still let them move out of the coop...
Questions: I have 4 hens (approx 9 months old) and decided to add two new girls (3 months) to the flock.
One of the older girls is nasty and bites the newbies so I moved the newbies into the caged in run, closed the door so the old girls couldn't have access and added some plastic bins on...
This is Rosemary..we got her at 16 weeks with 3 others all the same size and was told she was a hen, and a bit of a bossy pants, but suddenly she grew MUCH larger than the other gals and starting jumping on their backs to play...when she began to crow we could no longer deny..
She has been...