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My Munroe was attacked by a raccoon (I think) Thanksgiving night. We chased the raccoon off, found him laying on the ground and brought him in right away. No open wounds other than a few chunks of feathers yanked right out with open follicles where the feather used to be. A couple bloody spots...

Let me start out by saying, my chickens are my babies. I treat them like my dogs... I even actually have pictures of my favorites on my checks. Today I came home from work to my husband trying to keep me calm while he explained what he had just witnessed happen to my chickens. 3 dogs ran in our...

Is there any possible way to cross a silkie hen with a smooth feathered rooster to get offspring with silkie feathers, or do I have to wait for the next generation? My silkie is sitting on 7 eggs... can't wait to see the babies!

Why do hens scalp their chicks!? I had at least a dozen hatch in the last 3 weeks, 6 are doing great! Hanging out with mom, eating, running around. The others are getting scalped as they hatch! I have to run out multiple times a day to remove any new babies. What is causing this?? The chicks...

Just had 14 unexpected babies born! I missed the pile of eggs in the back corner of the coop :( Most are fine but 4 were born with no covering on their skulls. They are doing well removed from others, eating, drinking, etc. I didn't get two soon enough, they were kicked out of the nest and...