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Hey guys, I'm still new-ish to raising chickens. I've had my flock for about 2 years and I love these little hens. They're so friendly and lovely. In the last two months, we've taken hits from a fox, lost all our baby chicks to possums, and had a nightmare with raccoons. We saw one raccoon...

Last night (4am, actually) we woke up to horrible chicken screams. We ran to the chicken coop in our undies, brandishing nothing but a flashlight, an iron rod and a large fishing net to find a gray fox in our coop, jumping around as if he'd lived there all his life. He was up in the rafters...

Our queen has been doing something very inappropriate. Our hens started loosing feathers in odd places. On the back of their heads, the joint of their wings and on their backs. I treated them for mites, pests, and other bugs but nothing worked. The weird thing was, our queen seemed immune...

Lost all of our baby chicks this month. :( That made us all very sad. We caught the possum that was eating them, but another predator was coming around and we lost the last of the chicks last week. This morning, two adults are simply missing. No feathers, no signs of attack. I've looked...

Who else has had this happen? Some predator is attacking our flock at night. Lost all the baby chicks and a bird was injured last night. Fiancé and I have plans to go out of town Monday for a whole week!! These plans aren't easily canceled. (We agreed to help a disabled friend get some building...

Last year I raised our own six baby chicks. Each one grew up to adulthood happy and healthy. This year one of our hens (from those same six) went broody, so I thought - why not? She can raise the chicks this year. We bought baby chicks from the store and stuck them under the mother hen...

Hi fellow chicken lovers, One of our hens went broody. At the 21 day mark, we bought two chicks from the store and stuck them under her at night. She woke up and voila - instant motherhood. Two days ago a baby chicken got eaten in the night. This morning we caught the offender, a big ol...

I have a flock of 8. They have plenty of room and are not overcrowded. They have a big ol yard to graze in. Their coop is under construction and it's very messy right now, in terms of poop and wetness. Last October our chickens started to lose feathers on their backs. It happened very...

I'm new to owning chickens, and my flock has something, but I'm not sure what. My fellow chicken friend came over a few weeks ago and said they have mites. She suggested I sprinkle a little DE on them at night. It's been about two weeks and I'm about to put my third round of DE on these...

This is gross, just warning you. One of my chickens (Buff Orpington) has been broody for almost three weeks. Today, she was out in the morning, but acting strange. I examined her closer, and found she was trying to poo. A clear liquid slowly dripped out, but no poo came out. I grabbed a...

Our hens used to be lovely and made the most appealing noises. They still do- but in the past 3-4 month one hen has gotten horribly loud. It's not a normal cluck/bwak sound. It's a very loud, strange sound. It's like she's yelling. My fiancee thinks she's got a mental problem (that's how...

Here's the two in question. I'm a dunce and can't remember what breed they are. We bought a whole bunch at one time and I get everyone mixed up. They're a little over two months.

We had a flock of four, but a coyote came around and it got diminished to a flock of two. :( The two left are the toughest girls, and since they've lost the other hens, they've gotten very close. In fact, they started sharing a nesting box. This is my first time raising chickens, so I'm...

I got chickens for the first time last summer and have enjoyed their company. As I'm sure is true with many of you- they're more than just farm animals. They're part of our family. A coyote has been running around the orchard. He got one chicken two weeks ago, so we kept the chickens inside...

I live in a 70 acre walnut orchard in northern California and put in a chicken coop last year (first time!). We started with four Rhode Island Red chicks and raised them to hens which was a blast. We hand tamed them and everything. Two weeks ago, one got snatched up. :( She disappeared in...