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Hello, One of my 9 week old chicks is losing or pulling out her feathers. She is an Araucana (per the Agway where I purchased her), but she looks like many pictures of Easter Eggers I have seen. Anyway, a few weeks ago I noticed her losing some of her feathers. Since moving her and her 3...

Aggiemae, thank you for your reply as it put my mind at ease and confirmed what I already knew, which is, you have to keep an eye on things. We are in a rural setting on an acre and a half. I knew from the start I wasn't going to free range my hens as almost all of our neighbors have dogs...

Davescarbrough, did your neighbors free range their birds? I think this is where I'm getting confused and it's causing me a lot of anxiety over the safety of my birds. If you have an enclosed run and a "tight" coop where you lock your hens up at night, how are so many people losing birds? I...

I haven't started the run yet. I'm trying to get the coop complete, so I can move my 4, 6 1/2 week old chickens out of one of our bathrooms. I take them outside during the day in an enclosed pen by the porch, but only when I am home; they just love being outside. We will all be happier when...

Thanks for your reply Pent. I have read all about predators including the damage raccoons can do through fences (sorry about your quail). I think I have everything covered, but it's hard knowing you can do everything possible and it still might not be enough.

Hello Everyone! I'm new to BackYard Chickens and new to raising chickens. I have the body of the coop built and will be installing the human door, guillotine pop door and windows this weekend. I want to do everything possible to protect my chickens, but I feel like I'm missing information, so...