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ok, so I have a fecal going to the vet today just in case, but want some opinions. Noticed Sunday that she had a very messy vent. Cleaned her up and plucked some feathers away- only to find she was already missing a lot of feathers down there. She was still eating, and acting ok- so Monday I...

we had a red fox get under our fence..... One dead, two injured. Fox proofing under the fence is no problem and immediate repairs were made. Can they jump a 6 ft wood privacy fence??? There is nothing on the fence that they could get their footing on. Recommendations????? Super bummed. My...

Ok, so 2 weeks ago I isolated a chicken that I thought was just going through a hard molt. She loved the extra attention, feathers came back beautifully and I went to reintroduce her today........ Backstory -I have 4 hens - all going on 2 years old and have been together since 2 days old. We...

So last night one of my hens was attacked...... by the time of day/night and the injury I really think it was my new neighbors house cat. I have plucked the feathers around the wound and treated it.... I have her in the garage with a heat lamp and she is roosting. She usually would proudly hold...

Ok - so when I went to get eggs this afternoon I saw two little bugs scurrying around on two of the eggs - at first glance they looked like little ant(but the color was off, and movement was wierd ) I let the Girls out of their run to roam and went back to the eggs - these bugs weren't ant! And...

So we got our first egg today! By the color I thought it may be the RIR, but after inspecting the ladies, our maran's vent is slightly dirty... nothing to be too concerned about and her cloaca looked a little engorged. Once again - shut and definitely not prolapsed. Would this be normal for her...

We have an old metal shed - 7ft long, 5 feet wide and probably 6 feet tall, that my husband and I are contemplating making into the girls' new home -- has anyone else done this? Will the hens be ok if there is TOO MUCH room in the coop? We are also going to fence off a 24 foot by 24 foot run...

So the chicks are almost fully feathered and we have moved them to their coop and run. We kept them in the coop for several days and then let them have access to the run. They have started putting themselves up for the night at nightfall ( as of yesterday :)) and tonight when we went to shut the...

We are not experts by any means! But had I known how awesome this breed was I would have gotten more! This is Edna - our cuckoo maran! The sweetest of the flock by far.... just a doll!

So, I found a lot of threads that were started but never a final answer- so I intend to update weekly on whether it ends up being a hen or cockeral. :) so what do you think? 4 weeks old RIR.

Hello! Very new to this- but my husband and I have 5 beautiful little hens (we hope.... that's a whole 'not her thread). Looking forward to learning lots!