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Thank you for that information, that's quite helpful. Ours is a small egg flock, so breeding won't be an issue. Culling, we'll have to think over. With two kids in the household, it's not as simple a choice as it might otherwise be. Perhaps nature will step in and take the decision out of our...

Hi all, Once again, I'm immensely grateful that you all contribute to such a valuable collective knowledge resource. Most of the time, owning chickens is simple, routine and enjoyable, but every once in a while, something difficult or unexpected happens, and I'm very grateful to be able to turn...

Just wanted to post a followup for posterity -- Our injured bird seems to be recovering just fine. We put her back in with her remaining flock mate late in the second day after the attack, because she was perked up and calling for company, and they seemed to comfort each other, with minimal...

Conny, I already have DH and DS peeing in the compost, in clement weather, at least, dunno if I want to give that up for fox protection! lol Actually, where I'm thinking of spraying the urine spray would be on the outside of our back fence, which abuts an elementary school playground. I think DH...

I'm wondering if anyone's had any experience with the commercial carnivore urine scents for deterring predators. We've had a fox jump into our yard repeatedly (it killed a pullet, returned the next night and dug her up and carried her off, and we're pretty certain it's been back since then.)...

We have a 11 month old black astraulorp with a worn, broken-feathered patch on the top of her right wing, which sounds similar to what you're describing, barkerchickens, and I'm curious how your situation resolved itself. I thought it was perhaps a molting issue, but I'm not so sure after...

Thanks for that feedback, MrsE. I think we're doing as good a job as we can with her, then. I called the local vet school hospital this morning, when DH found two more wounds on her, but they were going to charge $95 right off the back because it's the weekend, and then their usual and rather...

Oh, thank all of you for your replies. What a comfort to wake up to them! Our girl made it through the night and she seems pretty alert, her breathing is normal and we're keeping her warm. I'd like to ask a few more questions to make sure that we're doing the wound care right. When you are...

where the skin on her wing comes to meet her back. He thinks they're maybe a quarter inch long. Looked a bit bigger than that to me, maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch. It's middle of the night, so my husband cleaned the wound with betadine and she seems pretty strong. She's in a box in the bathroom to stay...

Thank you all for your responses. I am making them stay in their coop at night, and they seem to be readjusting to that quickly enough. I'm pretty sure they were uncomfortable with the lamp and comforter, so those are gone and ventilation and darkness are back. I have created windblocks for them...

Hi all, I'm not sure if I'm worrying too much about my birds, but we have four and we have a snug little coop for them that they were happy to roost in since DH built it for them in the summer, but the last week or so, the birds have been choosing to sleep outside of it, even though we're in...

Just a quick note to introduce myself, before i head over to the coops forum to ask a question. I'm Sue, and DH and the kids (10 and 7) and I currently have four hens we bought in May and who have been laying for us since October. We live on a quarter acre in a little neighborhood just outside...