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We have owned chickens for a very many years, and a couple months ago, after raising 8 more chicks to add to our flock, have established a good flock of 14 hens, very nice and docile, and without problems-- until we started having problems. First of all one hen got stuck in between the food bin...

Today when I went out to our chicken coop, there was one of our hens huddling in the corner, I was sure she was dead because she wasn't moving, so I tried to pull her out, but the second I touched her she jumped up and started running away. The second she got her head out of the corner the rest...

The last couple of days we have not checked on our chickens because we have been so busy with a lot of things, however when I went out there today I only counted 13 out of the 14 chickens I know we have. I searched around the coop, but could not find any sign that anything had eaten the chicken...

We have been considering raising a couple of Silkies to add to the coop, but we are undecided because some people say they would be severely picked on and maybe killed, in which I am afraid. What do you think I should do?

I have been trying to decide whether or not to start free ranging our chickens. We have a fairly large yard, but no fence, and lots of trees. I am not sure if I want to go through the process of getting a new fence or not, but this may be the best thing to do, especially with eight new pullets I...

Help guys! I went in today to check our eight pullets, and they all had bubbly foaming water in their eyes. We were planning on adding them to the chickens soon because they have their mother with them, but now I don't know what do do!