OK - this is a rather surprising issue, since we've had hens now for nearly ten years, but here goes.
First the bad news. Locked the coop Wednesday night. Opened it on Thursday morning to find every single bird dead - a mink somehow got in. Two roosters, fourteen hens wiped out in a single...
Greetings from Ireland!
Lurker for a couple of years (tended to look here when there were problems ) but finally decided to take the plunge and register!
Possibly slightly unusual in that most of our family (most definitely "family", not "flock"!) came to us as refugees of one sort or another...