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  1. ChickGirl88

    Opinions needed: should I get 3 wk old chicks or hatching eggs?!?

    Half of my flock was wiped out in a predator attack this weekend and all of my favorite birds were lost. Since my birthday is in a little over a week, my husband decided he was going to buy me some Orpingtons to replace my lost birds. Apparently he was going to surprise me, but last night he...
  2. ChickGirl88

    Need help predator proofing! PLEASE HELP!

    Thank you all so much. Our chicken yard is far too big to put mesh on the top-I think it is about 80 ft x 40 ft, so my husband and I are going to run electric wire around the bottom of the yard and then again around the top (we are going to put in some taller t-posts and run the tape at 5 ft...
  3. ChickGirl88

    Rooster injured from predator attack

    I didn't think about flystrike, but am going to go to TSC this afternoon to get the Vetericyn gel spray! About bathing him...I have never bathed any of my chickens, do you have any advice on how to go about that? Thank you so much!
  4. ChickGirl88

    Rooster injured from predator attack

    Thank you! He seems to be getting a little better every day, but I'm worried about the possibility of infection... He's a fighter though, that's for sure. :)
  5. ChickGirl88

    Rooster injured from predator attack

    I came home on Saturday and half my flock had been wiped out by some sort of predator-we think maybe coyotes? Two of my roosters were killed, but one survived, although he is wounded. The feathers on his back have been ripped out and he has several puncture wounds on his back as well. The wounds...
  6. ChickGirl88

    Need help predator proofing! PLEASE HELP!

    I am a newbie to backyard chicken keeping. My husband and I have had chickens for about 4 months without any predator incidents-until last weekend. My favorite rooster completely disappeared late Friday morning and then the next day I came home and found half of my flock dead-some bodies...
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