My three chickens (less than a year old) stopped laying about a week ago. Don't think they're molting and seem healthy. Last night I spotted a mouse in the coop. I set electric trap today. Could the hens have stopped laying because mice are scratching around at night and keeping them awake?
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I had a visit from a fox last week which wiped out four of my chickens. The three survivors seemed OK for the next couple of days but they have now stopped eating, laying and are spending most of the day inside on their perch. Can anyone suggest how to calm the girls down and get them back to...
Horrible sight when I went out to the run this morning. A fox had devoured four of my chickens - blood, feathers and bits of bodies scattered all over. It's the first time in six years that I've had a visit from a predator. I suspect that my electric fence failed to give the verminous red fiend...