Recent content by laurelandcheryl

I don't think it was the cats, the possum, the other rooster ( the stray ) or the hawk. How old was he ( though I doubt it was age )? Also I had two of my chickens killed by a hawk and there were feathers everywhere. It probably isn't the hawk.

You are absolutely right! They don't know about the time change. Only having less daylight! To give everyone an update - I've reintroduced my RIR to the flock. She was happy to be back with them. It seems as though it was a molt. As a first time chicken owner, I had no idea how many feathers...

Thank you for all the advice. I will add protein to their diet & assume for now it is a molt. I'm still going to keep my RI Red in the crate, separated for a couple days to make sure it's not her picking on them and to give the other 3 girls time to grow feathers without being battered.

Egg production is down. We don't keep a light in the coop and because of the time change I assumed it was partly due to the lack of light. She also isn't eating any feathers. The reason I don't think it is just molting - I can see some pin feathers, but the girls also have bare spots on them...

Hi everyone! I have a flock of 4 hens. 2 cinnamon queens, 1 Americana and 1 Rhode Island Red. For the past few weeks both of our cinnamon queens have been missing some neck feathers. I looked for parasites etc, cleaned the coop well and have just been watching them. Yesterday I came out to...

Try some warm oatmeal with berries or raisins, or just plain lettuce! My chickens go crazy over it! :)

Funny!

This one ate half of it in the run and left it there when I scared it away! We weren't home when it happened but I went out right when we got home, but I was too late:,(

Poor guy! If you search "free chickens in need of rehoming" on this website something may come up. Good luck!!! :D

So scary! A hawk killed 2 of my chickens! :C the first time they were out of their run, but the second time the hawk found a way through the netting over their run! It makes me sad! :(

Have you tried helping her move both of her legs as if she were walking? Sometimes that may help if you do it everyday for like 10 minutes. Unfortunately I live too far away and can't take her. :(

I think it would just run and hide