We think it was a small window on the side of the coop and we closed it up and nailed it shut. We also added new netting on the pen today as there were some rusted areas. last night there was a fox pacing around but it was scared away.
ok, thanks for the help! she just sits in the same place for hours but I hand feed her and give her water every once in a while and she still eats and drinks.
So last night a predator somehow got into the coop. It killed my one hen and messed up my other one. My hen who got bit is a 3yo black australorp. The back of her comb is bit but thankfully not her head and there in a wound on her back which isnt too deep. She was already weak before this...
Lately my hen has been quite broody. She is a black australorp and she is about 3 yrs old. Today i was letting my chickens out for a run and I noticed she was pecking at her wing. It was bloody and she had what looked like flesh on her beak. She was missing some feathers and there has been a lot...
My Black Australorp Hen is broody again. She has been broody before, which was stopped by dunking her in a cold water bucket, but now that she's broody again it doesn't work anymore. Help?!
It is the future 2500 North America and humans are now very scarce, thought to be extinct. The human houses are now nothing but ruins, most have been destroyed. The nuclear war killed most humans and animals but the animals that were left and were of similar species bred, leaving animal hybrids...
The rooster would definatly harm them. The hens would too, because they did not hatch them. I would wait until they have all of their feathers and are pullets to let them live with the older chickens.