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    Unknown Death-Help

    I should have. It’s too late that as we have already burned the remains.
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    Unknown Death-Help

    Discovered this girl in our woods after arriving back home. No puncture wounds or blood from what I can see, hardly any feather loss. A few feathers about 3 yards away but majority of them are in the photo pictured. Our dog who is normally outside was inside during the potential time of death...
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    Mother Hen Won’t Return to Coop- Help!

    Thank you for your thorough response! I will post a picture this evening or tomorrow for reference… Yes plenty of room (especially since a fox took out 5 of our hens. Started with 26 last year. Down to 17 because of predators and from mean rooster. Plan to kill the cockerels for meat birds or...
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    Mother Hen Won’t Return to Coop- Help!

    Hello!! I have a mother hen who hatched chicks 1.5 weeks ago in a shared coop. Presently, I am having difficulty with the sleeping arrangements. My current set up is a coop attached to an enclosed run. During the day, the door is left open so they can free range. When they all return to the...
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    Tea Tree Wound Spray for Coop?

    Hey all! I purchased a “natural” cut heal spray from Tractor Supply that contains tea tree oil and other anti microbial ingredients. I initially purchased to spray on my hen who got attacked by a dog (and is now doing better). It was expensive and so I lightly sprayed it in my nesting boxes on...
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    Leaf Ash For Run

    So if it’s not much and mixed together with other dirt and gravel would it be ok?
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    Leaf Ash For Run

    Hey all…since we are having issues with “free ranging » chickens we may move our coop to a different spot on our property-butted up against an abandoned structure that a previous owner trained game birds in. It needs a little TLC but has good bones. Question is there is built up sticks and...
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Hey thanks!! Unfortunately a hawk grabbed our polish chick and my husband drove up right as it happened. Apparantley the rooster tried to fight it but to no avail. Hawk must have grabbed up another because we have two less. Now we are locking them up until we can get some areal netting. Sad...
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Trust me, we are.
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Located the neighbor. Super sweet. Her flock free ranges and she’s lost almost all of them so thinking maybe he’s lonely?
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Thankyou. Trying to locate a them. May have to make a drive
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    Rogue Rooster Hanging Out with Our Girls??

    Hey all! So we transported our chicks to our coop a week ago and they are loving their new home and their new run. We have an open run that is heavily shaded and we let them out almost the whole day for the first time yesterday. I am a stay at home mom and am here most of the time and check on...
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    Sussex chicks molting or getting pecked?!

    That’s what is a head scratcher…my theory is because they’re molting seems..aggressive and they seem to be the lowest on the pecking order. But idk.
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    Sussex chicks molting or getting pecked?!

    Thankyou so much for the tip!! I can look for the interaction when I put them back with the others…at the moment I just have the four alone in the brooder. I actually have been using a q-tip with the blu-kote! I won’t be able to identify the bully since I separated them at the moment and the...
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    Sussex chicks molting or getting pecked?!

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    Sussex chicks molting or getting pecked?!

    Hello! This is my first post here but Thankyou to everyone who contributes to this site as I have had lots of questions answered here. Just a quick background. We have 6 week baby chicks and are living in north alabama where the climate has been high 80s-90s during the day and 70s at night. We...
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