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I’d love to hear the perceived daytime threats to predators you mention. Can you provide the link to your other post? We have dogs, but they’re only outside when we are outside. I am a softy and really don’t want to harm the fox. But I do want to let my chickens out. They’re always closed in at...

Any idea how long to keep chickens in before the fox will move on? We have 10 free range chickens. A fox took one last week and took the feathers off the backside of another. We have the remaining chickens closed in now for the past week, hoping the fox will move elsewhere.

Thank you!:)

I am hoping to get eggs or day old chicks in the Grand Rapids area. Does anyone know a farm where they are available? Thanks!

Thanks so much for responding so promptly! I thought I would give you an update. The day I started this thread, I wound up bringing Shyla (the hen) in and giving her a bath, as her vent area was such a mess. While bathing her I discovered her vent feathers were covered in lice eggs. I also...

Today she is walking better and I didn't see the lice under her wing. She ate a little bit of seed that I put down but not a lot. Now that the arctic chill has passed I have opened the barn doors back up and there is a small covered area the birds can walk around in and dust bathe. BUT her...

Thanks so much for your response. Once I have a pair of extra hands this evening I will bring her in and bath her and keep her inside overnight. I am afraid to use a blow dryer. I fear it will stress her out. Have you used a blow dryer on a chicken before? I will definitely buy some yogurt...

I have 8 hens and a rooster. I just got them last May and they are all close to 2 yrs old. They stay in a small barn. When the weather was better they were free range every day and closed in at night. But I have discovered they don't like the snow, so I have left the barn doors closed for the...