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well I talked to the farmer who sold them to us. She mentioned that from the description it sounds like it was a claw wound. she said she'd had to put down several troublesome roosters for this very thing. Most likely the hen was running from Gabby tried to take cover behind the container of...

It couldnt have been a hawk the girls were still in there fenced in enclosure, which is roofed over as well. the chicken wire fencing is intact and sunk about 4 feet into the ground, with a tin over wood roof. Im thinking that might be a good Idea in the future. I looked in on them a few...

hello all Sorry for the title A bit depressed so my brains trying to be funny Well Here is the problem I'm looking to get some advice coming into this spring I had 5 hens, 4 Golden Comets still laying and one 3 to 4 year old Roade Island Red who was just the loudest bossiest hen we named...

hello all Sorry to be a bother but I have a golden comet hen that has me a little worried now my girls seem to be molting judging from the amount of feathers and the general disheveled state they are in but this one girl has me worried. She has some very large bald patches on her wings and...

Thanks everyone I am doing my best but I worry. This morning I took Boo out of isolation, the other girls are still in the coop, I felt she could use som fresh air and sun as well as a chance to stretch her legs She walked arround for about an hour and ate 6 grapes I also took a pic of...

Yesterday I found a bloodied egg, and I found my girl Boo had a lot of bloody feathers around her vent. I bathed her in warm water to clean her off, I trimmed off the wort of the matted and soiled feathers. Shes not showing any real stress, she was running around acting normal. I've...

Hi Hi all The last 4 or 5 days we have had almost no eggs from our girls. Now the girls have taken to hiding there nests but I'm pretty good at ferreting them out. the eggs we have been getting are cracked and broken thing is the weather here has been scorching with temps in the 90s for...

We are using a pellet form poultry feed with powdered oyster shells with the occasional treats

Lol Salem is a big scaredy cat and at 20 I don't expect that to change. When we first brought them home he wouldn't go within 4 feet of the pen. Now he will atleast get close enough to see them but then all the chickens line up and stare him down The dog ej is another matter he wants to...

also would an accidental scare from a dog set the schedule back?

Hi hi all I'm a new care taker of a small flock of road island reds. The birds are actually my mom's but I tend to do the research. I do like our girls, but my kitty Salem thinks they are horrific murder burds, and my dog wants to be there new best friend. We've got the girls out here...

hi hi hi all. We are new to raising chickens and several of my question searches have brought me here so I thought signing up would be a good idea. The basic question as above... We just got 6, 9 month, old road island red hens( no rooster) We brought the girls home 5 days ago, the...