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We have relocated several black snakes...but when we moved a nest box and found a copperhead curled up underneath...I'm sorry...he had to meet Mr. Club to the head! My stepdaughter was bitten by one in our driveway a few years ago and I don't intend to mess around with them! I'm always so...

I had a hen fly into the coop netting and hang upside down. I didn't know how long she had been there....wouldn't sit...just lay in her side. I isolated her into a hospital pen. Food and water.... Wanted to give her a chance. No change first day or so....then...she sat up! Third day she had her...

I lost three chicks Monday night to some predator....no evidence...no bodies....nothing. Just gone! Three at once! They were in a coop with the flock...coop was shut but half door open at top for ventilation. Coop had dirt floor so its possible that something burrowed in and then out...but...

I'm here in NC and the heat is horrible too! Over 100 for several days this past week. We have an oscillating fan set up on a thermostat plug....so if it gets over 80, the fan kicks on and runs...at night when it cools, the fan automatically clicks off. Seems to be working well for them. We...

Hello! I'm a novice chicken owner to say the least! We got them for eggs....until my husband decided to let one "set". She was on a clutch of eggs for about a week when a second hen moved into the same next box with her! They shared the nest happily. Somewhere along the line, a third hen...

any ideas? We have RIRs and these white/black chickens that I was told were Australorps...but they don't look anything like the photos of those! Three hens have been setting ; 5 have hatched! Two hens shared this nest. When the first eggs hatched, the lighter one took them and has been caring...