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We have three hens and a rooster. Only two hens are named: Hen Solo and Laya. We're trying to think of the third name, and are open for suggestions. Our rooster is Donald... he was named first. Donald has a very large comb, which has fallen over. His comb is over. A comb-over. Donald Trump. :)

I did understand the raccoons were the predators you were referring to, centrarchid. Thank you for your insight. Good idea about the bigger coop, Michael Apple. I think it would help!

Well, that's an interesting point about losing fewer chickens in a tree than the henhouse. We'll think on that. Meanwhile, Daddy the rooster was doing better today, so they tell me. Eating, drinking, interested in his surroundings, hanging out with the girls and pecking away. It looked like he...

Now there you go. I can wholeheartedly agree with your thoughts here; I really HATE those coons. We do have a henhouse, and Daddy spent three days in there... I locked him up at night, and opened the door during the day. He had feed and water, but I think the rest of the flock got most of...

Our poor adult rooster, Daddy, the one I disparaged in this thread, was screaming his head off last night... my son saw a raccoon running across the yard with our poor chicken in his jaws. My son was able to run the beast off, and Daddy is alive today, but I think he's in a lot of pain. Darned...

I'm not sure there are opossum here in Arizona... and raccoon tracks are quite distinctive. Plus, our neighbor had all of his chickens killed by raccoons about a year ago. They have been around. We do have a trap set, and apparently that's how they caught the raccoons before. Good call on...

I think I may owe Daddy the Rooster an apology. :( We lost two more chickens in the last two weeks... both of them with just their heads destroyed, both of them hens. In one case, the rooster's distinctive feathers were found at the site, originally seen as "evidence" that he was the culprit...

Thank you for your help.

Well, you caught me on that one. :) I am only guessing that they starved; the next door neighbor said that there were about 10 chickens when the house was abandoned, and there were only 5 when we got there. We found several old bird carcasses about; I suppose I can never truly know what they...

Ah, I'm sorry I didn't see this post until now! Thank you for the encouragement, and the chicken lovers' fellowship. :) I really didn't know that the darned things had so much personality... who knew? And chicks have to be just about the cutest little creatures God ever made. :) I'm not sure...

I have stated many times, these chickens are free range, abandoned by their former owners. "Poorly managed" fits quite nicely; I do what I can as I learn about chickens, but I started rather backwards from most people who "manage" their flocks correctly... I started with no knowledge, no...

This is all good information! "Daddy" is very laid back with people, and has even been patient with our idiot Corgi, when she (very occasionally) runs at him... he simply stands his ground, and she backs off in confusion (aren't birds supposed to run?). He is protective of his girls, and has...

We "inherited" our chickens by buying a foreclosed and abandoned home... there were 5 chickens roaming around, three hens and two roosters. We started feeding them, and have learned to enjoy them. They are still very much free range, though. About three months ago, the roosters got in a huge...

You really are doing so much for her! I would be sick to death about it, too, but what could you have done differently? Sometimes stuff just happens. My dog doesn't love the chickens, but she has learned to respect them. She wanted to chase the little babies at first, but our little bantam...

I think you have done an amazing job with your hen. She's lucky to have you! We kind of want a bigger dog (for our protection, we live in a bit of a dicey neighborhood), but I am afraid of this kind of thing happening. Our Corgi isn't too much of a threat to the random bad guy, but she is VERY...

I am so sorry. :( That sounds terrible. Good luck with your hen!

I'm pretty sure my chickens are mutts. :) They were abandoned at a property that we subsequently bought. The rooster is definitely some kind of gaming cock. The hens look like sort of the same breed, but very small. I think they had a hard time of it, those months they were fending for...

Okay, that just made my head hurt. :P Let me see if I got this: 1. My inherited chickens are small, so they are bantams. (At least the hens) 2. They could be a breed that is all bantam, or 3. They could just coincidentally be all bantams, in a breed that could also have non-bantams...

I had the same question. :) Can there be a bantam in any breed, then? They are just smaller sized? Or are there breeds which are all bantams, so that the whole breed is small? We inherited our chickens, and I think they are American Game Fowl. The rooster is sort of normal sized, but the...

liljunie, I so hear you! We bought a property which had been abandoned, and the chickens living in the back yard were pretty much feral... no one had lived here for 6 months or so. We moved here for the horse property, having always lived in a neighborhood before, where the most exotic kind of...