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We recently lost the best watchdog ever! She watched over our flock for 15 years. She was a cross between a German Shepherd and Chow. We just went to the animal shelter and purchased a 1 year old female Shepherd/Boxer mix and trying to train her to be kind to our feathered friends. Do any of...

I have had 2 chickens in the last week killed, one in the chicken run and the other found in the chicken house. Both times their necks were eaten and the entrails pulled out of the backside. I have been lacking egg production for about 2 weeks now and blamed it on the stress of the trauma of...

HELP! I have had 2 of my beloved hens killed within 2 days and I believe it is a weasel since nothing else could possibly fit in the tightly kept chicken house and run. When I have found both hens it was almost exactly the same scene. Head severed and entrails pulled out of the back end. I...

Since getting my chickens last year, I finally have a hen that has become broody and is sitting on eggs. She started about 4 days ago and every time another hen comes into the hen house to lay her egg the broody gets up and allows the other hen to deposit her egg in the community nest. Once...

After watching a hawk take off with my hen I never thought I'd see "Bo Peep" again until the next morning when I spotted her out at the barn. When I walked up to her she fluffed her feathers up in fear and I saw on the back of her neck where the hawk had taken about 2 inches of flesh out of...

Please help! I have a rooster, 5 5 Black Sex Link hens, 2 guinea fowl and the cutest little Cochin hen. My problem is the rooster won't leave the little cochin alone. As soon as I let them all out of the chicken run in the morning he goes after her, biting her in the neck and throwing her...

I have 2 guinea fowl and believe one of them may be a female. Yesterday, when gathering the eggs from my other hens I noticed that one of the eggs was very light - almost white with specks in it and wondered if it belonged to the guinea. Someone please help. Thanks!

Went to gather my eggs the other day and found a beautiful green egg in the collection. I immediately "google searched" it and found it to come from the Ameraucana hen, and when I looked at the picture of what the hen looks like it looked exactly like what I thought was our Rhode Island Red...

I have a small flock ~ 6 hens, 2 guineas and 2 roosters that I am raising for eggs and enjoyment. My problem is I am not sure if my guineas are male or female. They both look alike so I am assuming they are of the same sex. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks, Dawn

I have 6 hens, 2 guineas and 2 roosters. The hens have been laying eggs now for about 2 months now and all of my flock are about the same age. The 2 roosters "hangout" together while free ranging and have yet to show signs of aggression toward each other. One is a bit larger than the other...

I am a newbie on here and raising 6 hens, 2 guineas and 2 roosters for the first time. My chickens are free rangers by day and was wondering....since there really are no bugs or vegetation in the winter, do I still allow them to forage or should I just feed them in their chicken run instead...