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  1. MonicaMKUK

    Help with making coop and run safe from foxes

    I know how the fox or foxes got in as the enclosure gate was open as we let them run free on the grass as the enclosure area gets v muddy after rain but that is a sad lesson learnt - we have had chickens for 4 years and this is the first time foxes have got into the coop when there is light and...
  2. MonicaMKUK

    Help with making coop and run safe from foxes

    I was wondering about this but it’s about 20 foot square !! Can make sure Trees are cut back round the enclosure - we were due to get some rescue hens in a week’s time but they are usually quite battered and featherless so can keep them in small covered enclosure for now
  3. MonicaMKUK

    Help with making coop and run safe from foxes

    Thank you - what is a chain curtain ? Does it go over the entrance to the coop ? Can u buy from chicken shop?
  4. MonicaMKUK

    Help with making coop and run safe from foxes

    I mean lock them in !!
  5. MonicaMKUK

    Help with making coop and run safe from foxes

    Lost all 3 of our hens to foxes over the last 2 nights having already lost a cockerel and hen earlier in the year We realise the foxes know we have chickens - is it safe to get more ? We have a coop with a lockable door and a 20 foot enclosure which is 10 feet high and the wire fence is a...
  6. MonicaMKUK

    My white chicken has swollen belly and not eating

    Can anyone help ? She is hiding under bushes as if she is ill and not coming to me for food? She is drinking water
  7. MonicaMKUK

    Can you stop a rooster from crowing

    I have a young rooster who is crowing all the time too - night And day - had him about 2 weeks - am worried about the neighbours - i Think his coop is completely dark but going to see if I can find soMething to throw over it and turn off kitchen light at night- any more suggestions appreciated...
  8. MonicaMKUK

    Can a chicken survive a stroke or heart attack?

    One of my chickens has just died of what looks like a heart attack - its 1.20am in the UK and she died about an hour ago in her coop so really reassuring to read some of these posts as everyone in the house asleep. She had been listless all day and didn't rush to the back door to try to get the...
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