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  1. irongait@verizon.net

    Hawk spotted and now I have 2 hens and a rooster missing....

    Thanks to all who posted...Good News, they are home! We could not believe it...the rooster was back at the coop when we went back out at 4:30 today. My daughter and I then went to the woods at the very front of the property shaking the grain can where we found the Buff Orpington feathers and...
  2. irongait@verizon.net

    Hawk spotted and now I have 2 hens and a rooster missing....

    I live in Virginia and today has been a wintery mix. My chickens/guineas free-range during the day and are in a coop at night. I went out around 1:30pm today to put my horses in the barn and the guineas were screaming like crazy. I walked behind the barn and a hawk flew away with nothing in...
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    Bad Eggs Exploded-remaining Eggs Are Nasty-do I Need To Clean Them?

    I have a hen who is sitting. She got off today and the remaining eggs are covered in shells & "yuck". Do I need to take her off & clean them? If so, water temperature? This stuff is completely dried on, it's going to be pretty difficult to get off. I did get the nest cleaned out & replaced...
  4. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    All-Both guineas doing well this morning. All wounds staying clean! Thanks for your input!!
  5. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    Thanks & we'll go with Stumpy! The entire foot is gone. I don't clip wings so hopefully "Stumpy" will make it around ok! I'll check into the hardware cloth. The critters did try to dig underneath the kennel but we had the floor lined with chain link fencing also. Thanks again.
  6. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    I guess birds are more resilient than we think! Thanks for your reply.
  7. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    Thank you so much for your reply. I have trapped 5 oppossum around our coop but have not seen in raccoons. This makes sense though! I just couldn't believe they could get to them with chain link fencing & poultry fencing lining it..wow! So they can actually live with no claw? He is...
  8. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    OK this is a new one for me. Last night something tried to get my Guineas'. One has a claw that is completely missing. He is hobbling around a little but not much & he can't keep up with the flock. In this situation, what is the best thing to do? Can they survive like this? Do I let nature...
  9. irongait@verizon.net

    Help! Injured Guineas!!

    OK this is a new one for me. Last night something tried to get my Guineas'. One has a claw that is completely missing. He is hobbling around a little but not much & he can't keep up with the flock. In this situation, what is the best thing to do? Can they survive like this? Do I let nature...
  10. irongait@verizon.net

    New To Hatching Out Chicks The Natural Way--have A Few Questions!!

    This is my first time trying to get eggs to hatch the natural way. I have a hen that has been sitting for 4 days now. She got off of her nest this morning & when I checked it, there was dried yolk on some of the eggs and 2 eggs were gone. I have 7 hens and 1 rooster. The hen got back on the...
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