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Next spring I plan to build a chicken tractor. My flock was used to having a 1/2 acre fenced area and lots of free ranging but I had a weasel attack twice this summer and kill half my flock so now everyone has to stay in enclosed runs. I thought a tractor could relieve some boredom and I would...

I'm working on the tunnel (its only 3 feet high on the low side and about 30 inches wide with a slant roof) that will bring the girls from the back of the coop where their chicken door is to the run in the front that is under reconstruction and I decided to use some galvanized roof panel, this...

Hi everyone. Yesterday I had a weasel attack my chickens in the late morning and then come back later that afternoon even with a human keeping watch. Ended up killing four of my eight chickens. It crawled through my fencing which is 2x4 wire fence. I normally have issues with stray dogs getting...

Sorry, the picture is a bit blurry. Any ideas on what breed this little guy is. He is a bantam and the egg he came from was light brown. He has a single comb and grey legs as you can see. I think that coloring is birchen but I have no idea what breed or cross he might be. Thanks so much!

My new Ecoglow 20 just arrived yesterday and I plugged it in last night for a test run. It was maybe on for an hour or two. The bottom heat plate seemed to be a lot hotter than I thought it would be. I can leave my fingers on it but it is kind of uncomfortable hot. I thought maybe I'm just...

Last Sunday, June 19th, my freerangeing roos were attacked by stray dogs. One died just after I found him, two of them must have been drug off, I can't find their bodies anywhere. Two survived but got chewed on pretty good before I was able to run outside and stop it. They were all silkies...

We were in the bulleye area of the storms that raced into the midwest tonight. The second round came through and I took cover in the basement with my dogs and cats. When it was over, I went to check on the chickens. The first two coops were good but I couldn't see the third one, the roo...

I have never had this happen to any of my chickens before, but Saturday, I noticed one of my bantam cochin hens was having a hard time trying to walk. When I examined her, she had a nasty gash on her right leg, just below the bend on the back side of the leg. Her other leg was a tiny bit...

Has this happened to anyone else? I came home last night and went to collect eggs. One of my silkie roos, Bearcub, doesn't like to roost on the roost bar with the other chickens or cuddle with some of my other silkies on the floor. I usually find him perched on the lip of one of the lower...

I have read so many sources that now I am really confused, I need your help on how to insulate my roof before winter. I have a large yard barn coop with a gambrel roof with shingles and two gable vents. I have already insulated the walls last year, no problems with them. This coop has...

I have accumulated a few extra silkie roosters over the past two years from incubating. They get along pretty well, but they are overmating several of their favorite girls which I have seperated so their feathers will have a chance to grow back. After unsuccessfully trying to rehome them in my...

Does anyone else have this problem? I have 3 Silkie roos that share a coop and yard with 17 Cochin bantams hens and 7 Silkie hens, however they only hang around the Silkie hens and "do their duty" with only the Silkie hens. (I have checked the Cochin eggs for fertility and they are always...

Hi, I've had chickens for the last 10 years and have been a frequent visitor to the site but have never joined the forum before. I have followed a lot of great advise recently when one of my silkie chicks developed crook neck, a condition I have never come across before, and I wanted to say...