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I had a similar situation with my rooster. He was young about 22wks but full grown. I found him dead in the coop. He was big but was slow to grow tail feathers and had only rexently learned to crow. I had a silkie fet sick one day and die that night. I took her in to care for her but i did not...

Thanks Watcher. It must have been a tough egg. It took her all day to lay it. Once she finally had the egg she is out and happy now. I think I will get her some oyster shells. So no one gets bound.

My bantam hen just started laying. I believe she has laid about 3 eggs. She has a sister so I cannot for sure know who laid what. I am almost positive she laid yesterday. She moved coops and Jill always lays in Speedy's coop. Anyway she has stayed in the coop all day. Occasionally coming out in...

Thank you Mommy. That means a lot to me. It really does.

If you read my post Monday you know we already had a death in the family this week. Today I went to let the chickens out and Buddy our big Rooster was in the coop dead. Nothing could have gotten him and he had no marks or visible signs. Everyone was quiet and sad today. Buddy was a Rhode Island...

I am not a fb or twitter user. I go here because of shared love of animals. I got too many animal abuse photos and comments that I felt were offensive...AND I called them out. So i had to leave fb. Any way I wanted to post my story because I am sad. I accidentally ran over my son's cat. The...

Ok. I will go hunting. Unfortunately I live on a really really rocky land and area. Their is also a network of caves that run all thru this area. Sigh. I am keeping them locked up. Poor things they are sad. They want to get out and play. I am moving also. We bought a house with more land. We are...

How do I track her? It was way to fast. Animal control will bring a trap. I thought about doing that.

Update: This is an update for my earlier posts about something killing two of my hens on two different occasions. Since I have kept the chickens penned up behind a fence and an electric fence. Today I heard Speedy (Golden Duckwing Bantam Rooster) hollaring like he was hurt. I ran out and seen...

He is a chicken right? I do not think different kind of birds do not hang. Look at my post about segregation. My own chickens do not hang with each other if they are a different color. Seriously. Buy him a friend. You can order online. Find some others who want to start raising chickens you can...

I have a black bantam hen I got at tractor supply. I got her as an odd ball along with Golden Duckwing Old English Game Rooster and hen. The Roo is horrible he attacks me constantly. Now she is joining in. I dont know what to do with them.

I have a bantam Old English Game Golden Duckwing he has always been independent and hard to handle. I raised him from a tiny baby. I kept him with his 3 sisters in the house and I have tried and tried to get him to not be scared to death of me. I have tried everything I have tried holding him at...

How sad. I am sorry. I got mine a new one. She is alot younger...well He is 20wks and she is 10 wks. His other hen was the same age. So he was started to encourage her to nest. He tried to show the little baby. Please his heart. He is just baby sitting now. When I bring treats he will pick them...

We bought a electric fence this weekend. It is short though. My BF says that it is enough. He is an electrical engineer. He said 4500 volts were going thru it. And of course one of the bantams flew over the fence. I have had them in the new fence for 2 weeks and no one has cared to fly over it...

I had something take one of my Silkies Friday. It was right at dusk, barely dark and we were all home. I never found her but I found a few feathers. We moved the coops/pens away from the tree line and built another fence around them. Only once has one flew over the fence. It was a bantam. The...

I have four different breeds of chicken. I notice that each breed hangs out together. I guess they notice the difference in breeds. I have two Silkies, 3 Salmon faverolles, 3 Bar Plymouth Rocks, and 5 Old english game golden duck wings (they are mean btw). The Fab Five as I call them (the old...

Good for you. I know what you mean about not caring about chickens. They are a life and they love. I look in my chickens and see their zest for life and the way they worry about one who gets away from the flock. I mean around the corner and they all run and call til she can catch up. I see that...

Update: She is eating. i put them in the den again tonight. The Don is teaching her how to find food. I threw him some cut up strawberries and she was staring off in space. So the Don started clucking at her then she came over to see what the fuss was all about. LOL He likes her. She is getting...

So leave them in the coop until they lay. They refuse to lay in the cubby holes I made at the back. they lay right in the door. I have tried to get them to sit in them. Sometimes they will stay but i always have to put them in the nest. I will keep watching the combs. I noticed last week they...

This is my first time owning chickens. I got them as babies. They are 18 wks now. I was expecting some laying like behavior, but so far nothing. Also I have built their coop and run they can get back into it during the day. Will they know to go back into the cubby holes I have made and if not...