Sounds like you have a candidate for a nice new rug...
Seriously, Either you go electrical and zap that sucker, or shoot it.
Once Mr. Bear knows about your hens, he will be back. If he doesn't succeed in getting in the top like last time, he will simply smash through anywhere else.
We lost...
Everything seems normal now. I took her out and held her awile and she dried nicely and perked right up. I went back to the brooder and all the bedding was wet. Those little buggers make such a mess in such a hurry! Anyway.. bedding changed... Waterer is now up on an upside down tupperware...
I just got seven baby chicks today.. my first ever. I have them in a brooder (rubbermaid box) with a hardware cloth cover and a 100 Watt heat lamp. The bedding is pine shavings. We have a chick feeder and a chick waterer. I don't know if it's normal or not, but I have one chick that seems to...