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    Wounded hen - neurological problem?

    Yesterday something attacked my hens in broad daylight, killing one and wounding another. The dead hen's body was intact, but the head and neck had been nibbled clean, kinda like an ear of corn.....(racoon or weasel?). The wounded bird is doing allright, she is taking yogurt with vitamins, I...
  2. bodefamily

    no eggs yet...

    I have three Buff Orpingtons and three Barred Rocks that we got in early April. Friends got barred rocks and another type of chicken AFTER we got ours and they are laying and have big red combs. Our girls are not laying, not squatting, have tiny combs.....they get Layena laying pellets mostly...
  3. bodefamily

    New-ish member

    Hi all, My name is Xenia and I live in North Carolina. I got three older Buff Orpingtons from a friend two years ago for my daycare kids to take care of, and now have expanded the flock. After some terrible Racoon attacks and two deaths, we seem to have figured things out and life is good...
  4. bodefamily

    Crops: How big/full is too big/full?

    I posted earlier this morning about my hen feeling a bit off. I have checked her crop compared to those of her yard-mates, and hers is full but still squishy. I can feel individual kernels and things in there. I would say larger than a golf ball but smaller than a softball.....any advice? I...
  5. bodefamily

    Hen acting sick

    Hi all, My 5yo (?) Buff Orpington is acting differently. Usually she "crows" in the coop until I come let her (and her 7 coop-mates) out, but for the past two mornings, she has made little to no noise. She seems listless, though she is drinking and pecking at food. They have been fed Purina...
  6. bodefamily

    Coon attack victim still standing...

    I have been scanning past posts for similar incidents and have pieced some information together, but have a few specific questions. A racoon got into our coop two nights ago, grabbed one of the orpingtons by the head and tried to drag her up a tree. We surprised the coon who dropped the bird...
  7. bodefamily

    Another new member.

    Hi everybody, I am new to having chickens and am finding the info on this site truly helpful. I have a mix of Buff Orpingtons and some mutt banty/silky combination that a neighbor gave me. Having some coon probkems, which is what brought me to this site originally.
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