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    Lower rung chickens want to sleep in run

    I have 11 chickens (used to have 12, story follows) with a 4x8 multi-rung coop and a 20x20 run. Coop has an auto door which is set to close around dusk, before it gets really dark. Set up has worked great for 3 years. A week ago I realized that 4 chickens were sleeping on a roosting bar under...
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    Injured chicken/weasel attack questions

    I had four 13-week old chickens living outside in a small coop/run adjacent to my main chicken run until ready to integrate into main flock. This morning I found one dead and another slightly injured and traumatized from what I think was a weasel. Brought injured bird inside as it is freezing...
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    Reintegrating injured hen into flock

    My sweet Brahma has been recovering from a raccoon attack indoors for several weeks. She has been on antibiotics, painkillers, eye drops and a steady diet of mealworms to get her to eat! She seems to finally be doing better although she is probably blind in one eye. Seems like she might be...
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    Swollen eye-should I find a vet?

    My nine-month old Brahma was injured in a raccoon attack two days ago which killed another bird. She has a gouge on one side of her neck which does not look too deep. I am treating that with Vetericyn Plus. Wound looks ok, although she is holding herself a little cockeyed so I think the whole...
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    Hello, thanks and a question

    Hi! New chicken mama here. Thanks to this site for all the great information and for everyone who contributes for making my first eight weeks go so smoothly! Decided to register because I need advice. I have a nice big coop (5x10)and a not-so-big (4x20) very secure run within a heavily...
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