I have 3 hens, 2 rhode island reds and one gold crosslink, they're about 2-3 years old, neighborhood yard birds and casual layers.
They're recovering from what I think was a case of winter "vent gleet" by giving them electrolytes and probiotics in their water.
Two look fantastic and no sound...
Its with a broken heart I report when I went out to feed them this morning, I found both chickens killed. Nothing has ever bothered them in 2 years.
After reading the stickys it must have been a raccoon. Milli died up near the nest box, she had some head and eye trauma. Poor Vanilli I'll spare...
Hi from CT USA.
Dawn, I live with my 2 golden retrievers and 2 hens.
Last summer a friend gave me a bird coop and one duck.
I wanted chix, so I bought 2 retired layers ($5/each!) To keep duck company.
Duck was so messy, I felt bad for chix and sent duck to live w/ my man friend who has more...
I visited this forum a lot and got good advice, but I decided to join tonight after searching online for 'chickens didn't come home at night'
I was relieved to see another post about this happening from time to time in the behavior section, not the emergency section.
Last summer a friend gave...