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One hard lesson learned this year. Raccons are the enemy. Protect you chickens at all cost. They actually have riped the metal roof off my coop and chewed throgh very hard wire to breach my coop 4 nights in a row this summer. I lost 8 hens over 4 nights. We ran an electric wire around the base...

Have had them lay in my hand too. And I swear my Buff Orp. waits until I go into the coop and then runs in and lays for me.

Agreed that it is so much easier and a lot less stressful to get them all at once. I also love the leghorns. Not super friendly to people but alot of fun. Im going to add some barred rocks soon. And I just love my RIR. They are awesome girls. Good luck. Its a great hobby. Also a little...

I have been through all the scenarios in my mind. I ruled out the idea that they may have gotten into something toxic. There is simply nothing in the barnyard that could kill them. We have lots of animals around that barn so we are very careful not to leave something around that could harm any...

In the last 2 weeks I have found 2 hens dead in the coop. Neither were the result of fowl play ( no pun intended ) Both were hatched in Feb. of this year. I have a flock of 20 including one rooster. They have a very large coop with good ventilation. Are fed and watered well ...have good weight...