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Thanks for the advice. She was fine all of yesterday and seems fine today as well. Is it safe to put her back in her main coop or should I keep her separated for a little longer?

I've heard of possums going for larger chickens, especially the big ones. It wouldn't surprise me at all, given that they are opportunists and will definitely kill and eat something larger that they have the chance to. Trapping (and killing) raccoons did nothing for me -- new ones just showed up...

Just checked on her again and it looks like her vent has once again retracted, but it's still a little swollen although I guess that's probably normal. Will keep an eye on her and keep this thread updated. If anyone cares, I separated her from the rest of the flock, gave her water (keeping her...

Loving the photos and discussions in this thread!

Love this thread! Looking forward to more updates.

Looks like a rooster to me as well, but it can still be a little hard to tell at this age.

Hey all, I have a chicken who's vent is not looking good. Her vent was very messy and part of it looked like it was hanging out. I gave her a bath in warm water for about 30 minutes and cleaned the area. It seemed to have retracted and she was able to poop. I just checked on her again, though...

Hey All, I have a Salmon Faverolle rooster who I noticed doesn't seem to be doing that well today. He sounds stuffed up when he inhales and every time he exhales he makes a sound. It's kind of hard to describe, but it sounds similar to a typical cluck but it's every single time he exhales...

Kind of strange... I was coming on to post about a very similar condition on one of our New Hampshires. In addition to what you mentioned, we noticed swelling around the eyes, on one side it sealed the eye shut completely for a while. When we first found her she was fallen over on her side --...

Thank you! I'm sure we'll get that. :)

We're hoping to start breeding and showing chicken soon, and we were wondering if there is a good place to find out the breed standards of chickens? We've looked, and looked, but can't find anything. Thanks in advance! (p.s. if this is in the wrong forum, sorry. :))

I just read this thread, start to finish yesterday and today. Great thread, and look forward to an update!

Okay, thanks for the info. If we get them, we would probably keep them for eggs and meat.

What would you use quail for? From what I've read, it seems like you would keep them until they quit laying (around 6 months from what I've read?) and then butcher them for the meat. Do you keep them just for pleasure?

That's where the electric poultry fencing would come in. . . Mainly what we're asking is, would he scare off the Red-tailed Hawks from the hens or would he just chicken (no pun intended) out when he saw the hawks? (we have tons of hawks in our area)

If you have Pythons in the area, that would be my guess. Sorry about the story!

Sounds like a Mink. We had one get into our coop in broad day light, and eat the heads and part of the throats of our five hens we hatched from eggs. He/she laid them in a neat row. That day was very emotional, since we hatched them from eggs and watched them grow up to egg laying hens.

Hello again! We were wondering if a rooster Jersey Giant, would be good to be the "protector" of a flock? Or would they be a problem for the smaller breeds. . . From what we've read, they're pretty calm, and are good with other breeds. Currently, we have a Sicilian Buttercup, Plymoth Rock, and...