So my dog grabbed one of my girls, thankfully he let her go but now her wing or shoulder is injured. It's swollen at the shoulder joint both above and below the wing and the wing doesn't stretch out as smooth or as far as the other wing. She doesn't seem overly bothered by it and doesn't seem...
The hole to the exterior fence I certainly could have missed. There was a board over it because the girls kept making their dust baths there undermining their own security. The hole to the fence separating the runs I definitely would not have missed earlier. It was right next to the door. And...
Oh I'm burying fencing in the perimeter in the coming days. The top hats are safe back inside and the girls have a door on their coop which, they usually don't. But I'm talking literal inches of clearance dug below the fence and there aren't many foxes in the area and they tend to take the bird...
Sedona, AZ
We have some juvenile polish top hats that we are trying to introduce to our flock of buckeyes and golden sex-links. We made a run within the run so they'd be separate but could see each other. The top hats are a gentle breed so I gave them a day of interaction then a night to relax...