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Update on my hens: The polish passed. :( I was holding her when it happened. She was such a cool bird. :( The Easter egger is doing well. Her wound looks better, and doesn't seem to have any signs of infection. In other news, we found two of the other hens! One was still in the run the next...

Another picture of her neck. Not sure how well you can see but the skin is totally ripped off of her neck.

We were away tonight and got a call from the neighbors - a pack of four dogs were loose in the neighborhood and somehow managed to get the door to our coop open. Our silkie hen and roo were killed, our white leghorn and black australorp are missing except for a bunch of feathers. Two are alive...

great - thanks for the advice!!

I have 6 chickens - three are coming up on 18 weeks, and the other 3 are three weeks younger. So, as I understand it, the hens should be getting layer feed once they reach 18 weeks. I'm not sure what to do about the younger ones. I am thinking what I should do is just delay switching the...

Val - I have been messaging with you about your chicks, but I have reached my "daily allotment" of PMs... would you mind emailing me at [email protected]? Thank you!