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First, I would secure locks on the coop. I have latches for padlocks on the main door and nest box lid for mine. I never use them. But I can slip a padlock on if I ever feel the need. Next, I would contact your local law enforcement and tell them that you are being harassed and fear it will...

No, she went in the coop. :D None of the chickens have set foot out of the coop all day, including her. My only concern now is that it appears that she also has not come down off of her roost all day. Every time I check, she is just sitting there in a puffed up ball with her head pulled down. I...

Two weeks ago, my faithful little silkie roo lost his life protecting his girls from a hawk. When the spring comes, I want to replace him. Since the hawk seems to show up whenever I try to let the girls out now (which sucks, they were used to being out most of the day and now they are mostly...

Ah, gotcha. I don't know for sure what breeds they have back there. My guess is that they are not showing them, if she came from back there. Trying not to sound like a presumptuous jerk, but there is a cultural element to our area where things of this nature would be considered a little more...

She's in the coop!!! :celebrate Now, do I close the pop door for the whole night? I normally leave it open, but we do have a light in there right now, so they could try to mount a mutiny in the middle of the night. As it is, she is up on a roost alone and most of the rest of the flock is...

Poor girl...I just went out to check on her since it was starting to get dark. She was trying to go in through the pop door, and the others chased her back out. She did start inspecting my little bed, though. :fl

I'm not worried about how they are for eating...I'm too big of a wuss for that! Even when I saw a hawk kill my rooster two weeks ago, we didn't eat him. He got a good Christian burial instead. :idunno. If she can lay an occasional egg, she will be considered a contributing member of the flock...

I tried making her a little mini-coop out of a plastic tub. I can't fit it under the coop, but I have it on the side most sheltered from the wind. It will be up to her to figure out that it will protect her better than under the coop, though. Here's hoping.

Two nights ago, I saw a random chicken looking into my run. She was back in the morning, so I let my girls out for awhile and eventually was able to shut the stray chicken in with my girls. I have since found out from neighbors that she has been living wild for at least a little while. I'm...

I'm telling myself that its arrival is some sort of cosmic retribution. After 3 1/2 years of owning chickens, we had our first predator loss less than two weeks ago when a hawk killed my silkie roo. Of course, it would have been better if a random ROOSTER showed up! I miss watching the little...

If I had anything beyond suspicion, I would. It is just based of the large number of mature roosters crowing back there year-round. There could be other explanations, like raising for food, but I would think they would go through batches and slaughter if that were the case. But maybe not. It has...

We have long questioned if the closest farm to us wasn't running cock fighting. I suppose game fowl would fit that scenario.

Last night, I looked out and saw a random chicken looking into our run (really strange, since the closest chickens I know of are a quarter of a mile away). It was back this morning, so I let my girls out. Everyone is getting along fine, so I put it up with my girls when the local hawk showed up...

The other chickens are out. I've even tried locking the older chickens up for part of the day since some of them still pick on the chicks. So she could have come out with the other chicks without the big chickens, and she still wouldn't budge.

Two nights ago, I didn't get home until the sun was starting to set and my 2 1/2 month old chicks had already gone under the coop instead of in it. I was able to chase five of them back out by squirting them with a squirt bottle, but one of my brahmas wouldn't come out no matter what I did. She...

I have 10 pullets and 2 roosters in a run, all of which will be a year old next month. Up until this point, my roos have gotten along just fine. Yesterday, though, they had a real knock-down-drag-out. One (the dominant roo) now has a few bald spots on his head and a little damage to his comb...

The other option, if you get chicks and older birds, is to feed them all chick starter and keep a constant supply of oyster shell where the laying hens can get it. I've been told this works well.

You have already gotten some great advice. The one thing I would say is that I would recommend buying MORE chickens than you think you will need. I started raising chickens in June. I asked my husband if he thought I was crazy ordering 13 chicks (I ended up with 3 roosters ) when our normal egg...

Good luck. I have two silkie roos (both 8 months old). One has never displayed an ounce of aggression towards me, the other is a total butthead. He comes flying at my legs for no reason, and he managed to peck me in the butt the other day. I've tried taking him on (today I chased him out of the...

When my sex links started to lay, their eggs were probably a "medium" size. Within a few months, they were larger than the grocery store "large" eggs. BUT, once they started, they didn't stop. We were just about daily from the first egg. Maybe starting during the cold, dark months has thrown her...