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When we moved further out into the country 4 years ago, we had two cattle catch pens on our property. We enclosed the smaller one close to our house with chicken wire. 4 years without loosing one hen to predators. We had a small flock of chickens, 10 hens & 1 rooster. Had! Over the last month we...

After reading that ... let me make it more clear, by it being their home for a week or two I mean a place to put them up at night in the garage so they don't get eaten by coyote.

I am moving soon and have 15 in my little flock, only moving about 20 miles, need advise on how to transport my chickens. I was really thinking just a large cardboard boxes with ventilation of course, as this might be their home for about a week or two until I can get something permanent built.

Update: after a week my hen finally started moving around and has now gone back to laying. I did pull her out from the rest, I have a rather aggressive roo, and gave her 4 days of R&R, hand feed and watered her then put her back in with the rest.

She stayed the night in the crate in our house. She made it through the night, I got her to drink a little water last night, she ate one dried worm. But she still will not walk. ??????

One of my Americans laid a rather large egg, and then laid a rubbery egg. And is now just laying around not moving. She acts fine just not moving. She has also been known to lay eggs with a hole in the end, but thought she'd out grown that. She will be a year old in two months. I have read...

At how may weeks old can I start telling one breed of chick from another? It has been a few years since I had baby chicks and just got in 25 plus 1 rare exotic. Half are mine and half a friends, 5 of mine are Araucana and I have come to the conclussion that no two of these are alike. Anyone...

Hey ya'll my name is Rhoni, I live in a small town just about 45 mins s/w of OKC. I have had chickens for the last three years. Even today it is a learn as I go progress. I am married to by best friend aka the Hubs we live with the youngest boy, two horses, and two hens (tomorrow it will grow...