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We just lost a (fairly large) hen yesterday to a RSH.

We lost a pretty big hen yesterday to what I think was a RSH. It could have been a red tail, but we have a RSH nest just beyond our paddock, so I figured that was the villain.

Oh, they absolutely will take a chicken! I lost a hen yesterday to a RSH while my husband was standing about 20 ft away! We have had a couple of hawk attacks over the years but this one was especially awful because we were right there, so assumed the hens were safe. Do not let your guard down!!!

Agree. We lost our crazy hen, Cuckoo, yesterday to a RSH while my husband was about 20 feet away.

Lurking here, and so glad to have read this! Every single day my 3 ducks turn their pond water literally black. It is NASTY! I thought it was black algae but there is no possible way algae can grow that fast and do so overnight. They do come out almost every day and they absolutely play in the...

I am a parent of 5 kids, all born within a span of 5 1/2 years top to bottom. I also am a neurotic parent of lots of pets (comes with the territory of being a veterinarian.) I think you did a wonderful job and I think it’s delightful that the kids went to the effort of bringing treats for your...

I fully intend to have a house chicken some day when I am too old and rickety to care for a coop. I have forewarned my kids, and told them they will have to come visit me once every day and change my lap chicken's diaper. As for now, only Gentle Lentil comes in the house. Every day, waits at...

The woman...as in the owner of the goat. Who cares if it's a boy or girl. Can you bring in a Nigerian to be friends with a Nubian wether, or would the Nubian be too big and rough?

Hi all, I know this is an old post but an ongoing problem. I have watched HOSP murder a tree swallow mama on her nest. This was after they drove off our bluebirds one year, and pecked holes in the skulls of barn swallow nestlings. Wretched, wretched creatures. I am going to buy a trap. But...

Thanks for your help. The little peeper from yesterday is a perfect yellow chick this morning. The egg that is half zipped is silent and still...doesn't seem alive, but I will give it more time. I think I will move the chick inside this morning (afraid it will fall out of the nest) and move...

Please try to be constructive. I came here for a advice on how to help my hen and chicks. I did not come here for insults. I am not shaking the eggs, I am picking them up to make sure they have a date on them. If no date, I pull them out. Don't people pick up their eggs to candle them? The...

Thanks for your input. The eggs were laid at different times and were added to the clutch she was sitting on (by the hens who were sneaking in.) So the latest additions won't be ready until 2/21. How can I see if the chick is "saran-wrapped?" If I were to move mom and eggs into the house...

Hi, Sorry to be panicky, but this is my first time awaiting grandchickens. So many questions I just can't quite find the answers to. I have a hen sitting on 10 eggs, which unfortunately were laid over a span of about 7-10 days. First chick hatched 2 days ago. 1) If eggs have a pip or part of a...

Sorry to jump in on an old post, but what breed/breeds is that little spotted cutie???

ha ha, I hear you on the 5 kids so who knows where anything could be. Same for me. I am searching this thread because my buffy is hatching her first chickies, and these are my first chicken grandchildren.

I don't know the day because they were staggered. I would guess the start date was around 1/20 for the earliest 3 eggs, and I know 1/31 for the final eggs because that's when I labeled them all. So 21 days after the latest additions would be 2/21. This morning I noticed one egg with a zipper...

Hi Everyone, I am a first time chicken grandmother, and I hope you can help me figure out what is going on with my mama hen. I have a buffy sitting on eggs in the coop. Unfortunately, the eggs are staggered probably over a span of a week, as other hens snuck their eggs into her nest and my dh...

Not a snake, too cold in New England. I wondered whether the wounds could have been secondary to the hens pecking at the prolapse. But they seemed awfully big to be from hens. I wish she could talk!

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