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I'm on my third door. I'm now trying Coop Tender https://cooptender.com It has a battery back-up that powers the motor and maintains timer/dusk-til-dawn feature in case of power outage. It closes with a worm drive shaft that prevents predators from being able to open the door. It has wifi...

This actually helped. Thank you! I lost a couple more in other areas of the coop where one could be smothered under others. I'm not sure why they are compelled to bunch up like that in corners when there are ample perches all over the coop. I've raised several groups of chickens previously...

I searched "thunderstorm" and didn't find any forum discussion about this problem. My flock numbers around 30, 2-month-old mostly pullets in a large (500 sq. ft.) stationery house. The house is divided into four rooms with multiple perches and feeding/watering stations. Even though the weather...

How did you wind up resolving this problem? I've lost eight adults in the last three days. We thought it was raccoons or ringtails somehow getting into the coop at night becaue we were finding partial remains inside the house in the mornings. We have an automatic door that opens around 8:00...

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Wow, good to know about robi comb. I just had a bad experience. Something has figured out how to get into my fortress of a chicken coop. For three years, nothing has ever gotten in. Yesterday I found a mostly eaten hen on the floor of the coop--my only Langshan. The power had gone out for a...

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Haven't fgured ou how to post more than ne photo at a time... Fat color is yellow--probably normal for pastured bird. If it is too bright and indicates liver distress, let me know.

One more thing... My husband threw out some seeds yesterday for Four O’clock flowers, aka Marvel of Peru. They aren't in a part of the yard where the chickens usually go, but it is possible she found them. Someone posted Plants Chickens Don’t Eat and Four O’clock were on her list. That...

Above is a link to a YouTube video of the hen. This came on sudenly. When I pick her up she rolls her head from side to side similarly to a blind person. She also spasms and throws her head against her back. She is unable to stand or hold herself level. If there is an indentation in the...