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I'm located in East Ohio. I've never once seen or heard of a weasel around here anytime recently. I say 'recently' because I do know my grandfather has lived here his whole life and told me about how he had to wrestle a weasel off of a chicken once when he was a kid. But I would have to doubt...

I just lost another chicken, the last of my two Buff Orpington hens. The chickens were being really loud in the barn, and I hadn't put them away yet, so I went out to check and saw that my last Orp hen was missing. I walked around the barn and saw her feather everywhere, and then she popped out...

I just took these pictures a few minutes ago when I went outside to put my chickens away. On of my two Buff Orpington rooster's eyes was sealed shut with what appeared to be pus or something. It was his left eye that was like this, and his right eye seemed fine. As you'll see in the picture, the...

Thanks for the help! Glad to hear that they're female, we already have two roosters on the farm! But yeah, Cotton is definitely strong with the Silkie lineage, but I've never even heard of a D'uccle! Very interesting breed, I did a quick google search and there are definitely some strong...

I've had these two bantams since they were chicks, I got them from a local farm. They're both very beautiful but are both quite afraid of people. The farmer I bought them from simply told me that they were bantams, with no specifics on which breeds. I know for sure that the white one (named...

Thanks for all the information, everybody. Like I said, this fall, I'm planning on making the existing run larger and increasing coop size to accommodate more chickens. Will building this expansion and then reintroducing all the birds (the RIRs, Orpingtons, and Millet) at once be likely to solve...

Update: So I tried leaving Millet in there a little longer, but I had to take her out because she was missing a lot of feathers on the back of her head and was bleeding just a tad. The other girls are relentless, I suppose I'll have to just wait til this fall when I build a longer run and...

What would make good hiding spots for them? The only place for them to hide is up in the coop, I never placed any because aggression has never been an issue before

Hello, new guy to the website here, looking forward to participating in the community and learn more about chickens. That being said, I'm having a few issues with the flock. I have 6 RIR hens, and a few months ago, one of the smallest girls, Millet, was attacked by a raccoon. It was trying to...