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My favorite banty hen "Penny" disappeared a couple of days ago. I searched and found a pile of feathers. Not knowing if a neighbors dog or hawk killed her I watched the next 2 days for a repeat performance by a varmint. The second evening I saw a huge stray cat stalking my chickens. I suspect...

I have raised meal worms for several years now. Started out raising them to feed bluebirds because they love them. Now that the bluebirds have fledged I feed them to the chickens and they LOVE them. When they see me coming with the little container of them they meet me at the gate all excited...

Naming mine The Sky Is Falling Home of Henny Penny and Friends. TX home of mixed menagerie.

4 mo old silkie. Was fine yesterday today it is gasping and acting like it has something caught in its throat. Have been giving it water and a little vit. E with a dropper but don't see any improvement yet. I don't want to lose it. They are so sweet. Any ideas?

I have a beautiful silkie that is about 3 months old. She was fine yesterday and this morning she is very ill. She keeps extending her neck and gasping like she has something caught in her throat. She has nothing in her crop. I have used a medicine dropper and administered some power aid but she...

I built a "chicken ladder" for mine to get up high to roost on the rafters. I have a pair of polish, 4 barnevelders, 1 silkie left after a fox got in the pen and carried 5 off and a darling pair of banties. I used a 12" wide x 10' long board and cut pieces of 1 x 2 in short pieces about 16...

I had 5 silkies, 5 barnevelders, 2 polish and 2 banties. I loved the silkies. Last week a fox got in and killed 4 silkies and 1 barney. Made me so sad. I wouldn't have known it was a fox because it carried them away but my neighbor saw it kill one of his banties.My silkies seemed thin too, I...