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They are indeed still around! Thank God. My wife and I syringe fed them some sugar water for a day, and they perked right up. We think it was just shock from initial transport. They probably got cold somewhere on their way to tractor supply. But they're back in action! And I got their little...

Good morning! I just brought home a dozen chicks yesterday, and two of my Isa browns are acting very strange..very lethargic. Won't run when I pick them up, and are constantly laying with their faces in the wood chips..this morning, one of them is laying under the heat lamp sprawled upside...

Do you have any rosters left? We're located in Western NY: Monroe country, so about 90 minutes West of Syracuse. Is that close-ish to where you are?

Thank you everyone for the input! She definitely does quite frequently expect treats... My wife got a 50lb bag of cracked corn that they DEMAND to eat out of our hands... Haha thank you for assuaging my worry!

While I'm fully aware that no one here is probably able to actually speak chicken. I was wondering if anyone knew what this sound meant? My one chicken that seems a bit angrier as of late keeps making this sound. Is it hostility? Warning? Fear? Anger? I don't know.. but I want to try to support...

That's a really good idea! I already have the pliers too! Thank you

I may have to do that then. I don't want my birds crowded! The coop is probably about 20 square ft so just shy of what I need.. with about 10 linear ft of roost. However after my flock got attacked, the 3 survivors have been hanging out in the rafters of the coop, which I guess kind of gives...

My apologies, I meant the open areas in the coop are excessively hardware cloth. The roost is wood. I'm told the coop was designed to house 12 birds. I have 7 in there currently, and am planning an expansion in the next year or two.. it's allegedly big enough, but I feel like they need more room.

Honestly, I don't like shooting living things. I target shoot for fun, but have never hunted. I actually got a little depressed when I shot a woodchuck that was digging around my coop. But when it is between my family and pets or whatever is harassing them, you better believe I'm taking that...

I have washers under every screw in the coop. And I'll use some steel wire to better secure the hardware cloth. I'm sure o have some around somewhere.. if not, ill get some. I wanted to get everything in place, and now I'll make sure everything is more secure. Thank you for the idea. As for the...

Thank you for the idea! I didn't initially secure around there with hardware cloth because I didn't have the swing initially, and I keep the chickens in the coop overnight, but I have additional cloth that I can put around that area. We also live in an area plagued with rocks everywhere, so I...

What is your recommendation for over the top of the coop that raccoons will have a harder time with? The coop itself is exclusively hardware cloth, so I figured that would be sufficient, but I am always open for improvement

I believe Sun Tzu said something about if you know your enemy, you need not fear the result of 100 battles. So hopefully you know raccoons enough to see my coop through a raccoon's eyes even if you're not one! Haha Thank you for the critique! I plan on adding some additional zipties around just...

Hello all! Over the past several days, I have tried to incorporate as much advice as possible from this group and forum. The only thing I haven't really done is electrified my coop. I'm hoping you all can critique the changes I've made to the coop and tell me if you think this is adequately...

Thank you for taking away from your comfort for the advice! I definitely will have to do some improvement on the prefab shelter. I know it's not the greatest coop currently, but we wanted something that would secure the chickens before we build bigger and better in the next year or two. I'll...

How big should a coop for 7-8 birds be? This one was rated for 12, but all of the birds pretty much just huddle together in one small little section: They barely use the space they already have! ...Part of that is that they regard the laying box as a sleeping box currently...

I don't really have a good way to put up a safe barrier, so I spent the entire day with them. (I had to beef up security anyways, so I spent literally 12 hours watching them). I did make sure that they are all similarly aged. The new ones are about 2-3 weeks older, but that was as close as I...

Thank you for the critique! I do indeed plan on keeping them in the coop at night. I am too traumatized from the initial loss! But hopefully this increased security, and our 4 new girls, will help bypass that! And lead to a long tenure of chicken snuggles and eggs!

Hello! My wife and I just recently lost some chickens, and today decided to get 4 more to replenish the flock! (Of course pictures are included!) In introducing the new chickens to the flock, one of our survivor chickens has been pecking and biting at the new chickens. I know there's a pecking...

My wife and I got 4 more chickens, and will hopefully get a rooster tonight. I also spent all day beefing up security. Pictures attached! Please let me know what you think. I installed hardware cloth around the base, put down a 2' wide apron, chicken wire on top of the bird netting, and put...