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My first chickens arrived on Thursday. They are 5 months old. 2 Orpington, 1 Marans and a superb Marans rooster, named Majesty (the girls bear the names of Louis XIV's favorites :lol:) The Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte will join the family in June.

Below is an ISA Brown, approximately 5 days old. I was changing their paper towel bedding and not sure if her leg got caught, but she can only stand on one leg and is off balance now. She keeps her other leg tucked in. Any ideas on what I can do, so that she can start using her other leg. Been...

Over the summer we lost our flock to a bear attack during the night. The ripped the coop door right off. Wildlife told us to do an electric fence. Does anyone have advice on how to do this? We are only worried about protecting the coop at night or when we aren’t home.

After losing all but one of my chickens in a horrible bear attack last December, I've gone over and over in my head how I am going to rebuild my coop to keep my chickens safe. Previously my coop was covered in hardware cloth, which did a good job keeping out smaller predators but did not slow...

I have a 8mo Silkie roo that up until 3 days ago was perfectly healthy. He started stumbling while walking and within 5 hours unable to bear weight. He can still move his legs and sits with them straight out in front. He is on the skinny side and I never noticed it until now because of his...

I’m still in shock but the night before last a bear ripped the hardware cloth off the back of my coop and killed all but one of my chickens. The only survivor is in a rabbit cage in my bathroom and I’ll be putting her temporarily into a hutch in the garage until I can figure out what to do with...

A neighbor told us that yesterday in the early afternoon a large black bear was seen crossing the road about a quarter mile or less from our house. We live in a decently wooded area interspersed with fields and a couple ponds (one of which is in the backyard). Do you think this bear would be...

...flock I think something's wrong but really have no idea what and am worried for them. I place this in the predator area too because we do have bears around here and recently noticed come claw marks, etc. on the coop that are new, though no victims thankfully. Wondering if their behavior...

...SO about there being banging outside. It’s late, maybe 1130pm. Tomorrow is trash day, the weather is cooling down, and that means one thing: bears. Black bears, for now. I feel so much better about the coop and our back yard knowing we have a (mostly) proper electric fence setup. Our...

...all, How long do I have before the infection gets worse. The bumblefoot on my chicken's foot is visible from above and she is unable to weight-bearing on that foot. She is eating and drinking. My concern is I can't do foot surgery just yet because I need the antibiotic cream and have ordered...

A bear checked out my birds today. Luckily, my Ring cameras went off and I was able to turn on the microphone and scare it away. I’m assuming it will return. I I’ll likely order an electric fence tonight. Any recommendations on one or other ideas to deal with this?

At about 10pm this evening a large black bear (350lbs +) attemped to break in to my chicken coop. It managed to rip open a nesting box door and remove the interior feeder before moving onto our "bear box" (trash bin) and our house trash can on the deck. Thankfully, none of our birds were...

A few of the girls came out to visit my little grandson ♡

He hangs in the vicinity of the coop, but not super close, and is timid. Should I be worried? I have chicken wire on the coop now, but can’t really afford hardware cloth. Best pic I have

Something I know from observation and my own experience, Birds react to color. I don't wear any hi-viz loud or multi colored clothes, never did anyway, around roosters. Not always of course, but more times than not it will invite an aggressive behavior from a roo or at least get his attention...

...mountain. my dog was able to track them and find the trail leading to three different piles of feathers. while we were up there we saw a small bear cub in the distance. foxes usually hunt alone so i think we've ruled out a fox. an animal would not bring 3 ducks into the mountains and eat...

So I have had some bear problems as I previously noted and did what I could to stop the bear from getting to my chickens. Last night during dinner I saw the bear come out of the weeds. I took a few steps to go get my shotgun and then saw a very small cub, then another very small cub. Well I...

I have had my chickens for a year with no problems. I have Plymouth Rocks, and have/had 12 hens and 1 rooster. We have a lot of bears and other predators around me but still none have tried to bother the chickens. Heck my youngest son took a picture of a bobcat at the gate to the run just...

Last month a bear broke into my breeding turkey coop/run and massacred my entire flock. About $900 in birds, plus the hatching eggs. It took me over 2 years to find eggs from show quality stock, then another year to get the poults to breeding age. This was their first year and had only been...

I have a one-year-old hen who I noticed limping about a week ago. Not weight bearing when she is standing and when forced to walk - she would walk with her foot upside down, putting pressure on the top of her foot. After a few days, things got worse, so I brought her inside to a large dog crate...