Recent content by SquawkN.Poop

FaneBursuc: Thank you for your response. Fortunately we don't have terrestrial leeches here! This was definitely either a bird of prey (hawk or eagle) or a predatory animal like a dog or large cat. Her back feathers were ripped out across her entire back (about 3"x5" section) and she had two...

Update on Suzie Q.: I brought her inside the house and put her in a large, very sturdy, thick cardboard box with lots of bedding and some corn husks which she likes to use for nesting. Over the top of the box, I put a flattened wire bird cage that fits perfectly and allows me to lift one side...

My hen was attacked by something yesterday. We keep them in their pen and hen house at night, but when we are home, we like to let them out to eat grass in the yard. We put them out while we were eating dinner. After about an hour out in the yard, we put them back in their pen, but Suzie Q...

Hi! I am a new backyard chicken owner from Washington State. I had chickens when I was a child living in Alaska, and my husband and I decided we wanted our own small flock at our home here. We have 3 Ameraucana hens who were hatched on April Fool's Day. We call them the Squawk N. Poop...