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From the lack of outrage at this post I see I have joined a forum in which I do not belong. The idea that just because something is inconvenient we have the right to kill it is abhorrent. We live on the edge of the woods, but with some work my chickens stay safe. The dogs keep daytime...

You'd be surprised how many raccoons and foxes live in subdivisions. We took over their habitat, they ran out of places to go so are adapting to urban living.

Actually, at this time of year it's quite possible that kitty will have a litter of very young kittens who would die without her.

Yeah, I feel bad that my 3 aren't getting to be chickens. Last time I had baby chicks they were hatched outdoors under a hen, who took great care of them. As I live where I can't have a rooster (we can barely have hens) natural chicks are not an option.

Okay, I have been putting the eggshells in the composter, but will start giving them back to the girls instead. I was mostly concerned that she had some ailment that needed attention. Didn't want to be ignoring something that was causing her discomfort. I guess even if she doesn't lay useable...

When we kept chickens in an unfenced yard our neighbor discovered that 2 of our hens had taken over her doghouse for a nest box. There were well over a dozen eggs, so at least a week's worth, and it was the hottest part of an East Texas summer. All the eggs were still good.

Thanks. The four Blue Marans are larger, but the two little white hens are most definitely the aggressive ones. They have free run of a good size area, not sure how to reduce her stress. Shoot, I'm not very good at reducing my own, lol.

I have six hens I purchased when they were just starting to lay. I'm guessing they are about a year old now. Five of my hens are laying normal eggs, one consistently lays eggs with no shell. This has been going on for a few weeks now. They are all fed the same layer feed, and oyster shell...

We bought our Marans from a man near Rome GA, if that isn't too far I can message you his info. He had blues and reds.

Northwest Georgia.

Yup, my daughter informs me that when the weather warms up we'll be needing to go to hardware cloth to keep snakes out. I know we had them back in East Texas, that I didn't lose chickens or eggs to them is that beginners luck I spoke of, lol.

It wasn't finished yet here, but does show what is open to provide ventilation. At the front the open part is 2 feet, decreasing for the six foot length of the coop, to almost nothing at the back. Their perch is about 18 inches off the floor.

Thanks. I know when I kept them before we had some bitter cold winters and they were fine in a much poorer enclosure. Wasn't sure though,as I believe I had a lot of beginners luck with that first flock 25 years ago.

We have our new hens in a pretty sturdy plywood coop. Mostly enclosed, with some ventilation at the top of the sides. Small enough they stick close together. It's supposed to get down to the high twenties tonight, should I use a heat lamp or would it make it uncomfortably warm for them...

Oh wow! So glad you posted this, turns out there is an organic feed supplier not far from me. Never would have dreamed it, here in chemical worshipping big ag territory!

Thanks, I didn't know it also broke down into states.

Our area finally relaxed the rules a bit and allows backyard chickens. It's been over 20 years since I had a flock and in that time I've learned how much I never knew. We just got our hens this week, four Blue Marans and two generic white hens. Five friendly already, one who is convinced I am...