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What should I do? See the attached picture she has been sitting in the awkward position for over a day now. when she moves she really struggles to get on her feet - almost as if she is initially off balance. she has eaten a little bit but I’ve had to put the food right in front of her. thanks.

does anyone have any thoughts?

One of our hens is acting strange. see attached picture… she’s been sitting all day just occasionally getting up, walking a few feet and sitting back down. I did notice her eating just a little bit. she has very, very watery droppings. I found an egg today that she presumably layed on the...

The good news is 2 out of my 3 hens have started laying! the bad news is now they won’t go in the coop at night to roost. Is it because the egg boxes are in the coop? How do I solve this? As soon as one started laying they all started staying in the run at night and stopped going in to the...

Thanks! They are golden buffs...My best guess is they are around 18 weeks right now.

So it's been 4 more weeks and still no eggs! I've had them for 8 weeks now and thought they were 20-weeks when I got them (I now realize they were not 20 weeks when I got them). Here is an updated picture. Does anyone have thoughts on how old they might be and when to expect eggs? Any other...

Thanks for your reply...The apron is not attached...It is just stapled into the ground with landscape staples. I will have to modify it to attach it.

Hi everyone, Any idea who done this? Luckily all of our chickens are safe (alive) but they do seem really vocal and shaken up. Being new to all of this, I am assuming a raccoon? I have hardware cloth buried underneath the coop but it was no match for whatever this was. it ripped right through...

Here is a picture of 2 of my hens...Any idea how old they are? And if they look like they are close to laying? I'm new and have had them for 4 weeks. I was told they were almost 20 weeks when I bought them but I don't know....

Thank you for the thoughtful reply! I think I am going to trap the raccoon overnight and see if that helps loosen them up a bit. My coop is store bought...Though I have reinforced it, can raccoons push the wire mesh in and gain access that way? That is what really worries me the most. Thanks...

I'm new to all of this and would appreciate any thoughts you may have! 1 week ago I moved 3 20-week old golden buffs into the coop. Over the last few days they have not been active at all. Coming down to the run for a few minutes to grab a quick bite of food or drink of water and then heading...