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Thanks for the input. I figured it was a long shot. We are unfortunately going to rehome the remaining hens today. We had ten (plus two guineas) and we are left with three. I don't think they'll survive the night, and we can't reinforce their pen well enough in time. It was fun while it...

I am guessing the answer is no, but I have to ask. Three of my hens were killed last night, almost certainly by a weasel. It was probably roughly six hours ago. Is it possible to salvage the meat?

Are her eggs goners now? She sat on them for 14 days and then DH mowed the lawn and she was beside herself. She left the nest and it was at least a day (24 hours) or a day and a half (36 hours) before she started sitting on them again. I turned the nest box in a different direction (from the...

Thanks, I did it! I actually stole the eggs (she just picked up and walked off and clucked a bit, got some water, etc while I was stealing them) and took them inside to candle. Apparently my flashlight wasn't bright enough, because there was no chance of seeing red lines or pulsation or...

I'm new here, and new to chickens. As luck would have it, we have a broody hen. She's been sitting on eggs for 10 days and I'd like to candle them. She's in a wire dog crate right now, for her own protection - the other hens were pecking her face bloody because she was taking up the...