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Hen house with 1 rooster, 8 other hens, and 2 guinea fowl. 2x2 open slat floor with hay bedding over it. It gets cold here in Maine. It was -1 last night. They seem to be fairing ok with the cold. The hen house seems to keep the wind out and they stay fairly warm.
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I went to check on my chickens this afternoon and found a hen that had a white discharge coming from one eye. Upon closer inspection I saw that it was bubbles or foam coming from around the eye ball.
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We just got home after running some errands to find our two missing hens perched on the ladder next to the coop. They seem to be fine though they are missing some tail feathers. Thank you for all of your posts of support and ideas. I think the signs on the doors as a reminder that the...
Thank you all for letting me know they will come back. I just went out to check on them and one is back! Yippee. Now we are just missing two. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We have grown quite attached to them already and love the new addition to our household.
I am new to raising chickens and had a problem today with our own dog. He got out of the house and I had forgotten that we had let the chickens out in their very flimsy temporary run. Before I remembered and got out to rescue the hens out dog had gotten into the run and cause havoc. We had 5...