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    All of my hens were killed!!

    These are the best i could take at the moment, they were a little stressed out and i didn't want to make the situation worse. first picture are of the 2 younger ones, and the middle and third pictures are of the same orp.
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    All of my hens were killed!!

    Thank you everyone who has left a comment or two. My husband and I are very new to raising chickens and this was indeed a lesson learned!! We have sense re enforced the coop by drilling in wood blocks in the back and inside of the coop where the vent came loose and adding a metal grate 5 x 5...
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    All of my hens were killed!!

    These were our girls...They grew to be very beautiful hens that were spoiled!! they were about 3 months old. As you can see in the picture in the coop is a white vent, that is where it came loose and the predator came thru. The coop is very secure, hardware cloth on the 2 windows, multiple...
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    All of my hens were killed!!

    not sure who to contact about pullets? any ideas. Sounds like a great idea
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    All of my hens were killed!!

    It breaks my heart, sometime Friday night or early pre dawn Saturday morning something got into our coop and killed all 5 of our hens, I put in so much hard work and making sure the coop was secure, warm and comfy for them. It turns out a pretty small vent cover was off the back of the coop...
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    OMG!! i just took a peek at your sweet chickens, I'm so excited about raising chickens and they make me crazy worrying about them, i know they will be just fine.
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    Thanks a lot!! I look forward to reading everything on this site.
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    Thanks.. I see a lot of reading up on chickens in my future..
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    Comment by 'mkbydesigns' in article 'Our New Chicken Coop'

    Yorkshire Coop.. Thank you so much & the girls (or at least i hope they are all girls) are doing great, running around and trying to fly at 3 weeks old and they seem to love eating cottage cheese.
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    Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site, and i still can't believe all the helpful information on this site!! My husband and I are newbies at raising chickens and learning as we go along. Hope you stop by and take a look at our coop and run, we have enjoyed putting it all together and giving the...
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    Comment by 'mkbydesigns' in article 'Our New Chicken Coop'

    Thank you MsDejesus1....We are still adding to it and still figuring things out, we never thought we would have ever owned chickens in our life time, but they are fun and we love them...
  12. Our New Chicken Coop

    Our New Chicken Coop

    Hi Everyone..... My Husband and I decided to raise a few chickens in our backyard...We ordered 3 and to our surprise when we opened the box there were 5 beautiful fluffy Buff Orpingtons...Hoping we received all girls!!! However prior to ordering our babies we looked for a suitable building...
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