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Thank you. This eased my mind.

I've been raising hens for eggs for about 4 years now. A couple weeks ago we found our hen "Red" in the nesting box dead. She looked like she had simply fell to sleep. There was no egg under her. She looked very healthy and acted fine in the preceding days. Any idea what could have caused...

Thank you for the link. I read all of it but I don't see anything that would make her continue to lay bloody yolk eggs. She is injured. She pecks sideways. She is a pet hen that we wouldn't consider culling. We have been eating her eggs hard boiled only but wondered if they were safe to eat...

A raccoon had my hen by the throat about 6 weeks ago. The raccoon let go when we approached but ever since then there has been blood in this hen's egg yolks. Is it safe to eat these eggs? What could be causing the blood? She is 3-1/2 years old and has never had blood in her eggs before...

A RatZapper? I'll have to look that up. My 4 cats usually bring mice and moles into the yard dead so my chicks will have a hard time finding a mouse on their own. Also, what is GMO corn that someone mentioned above? I give my chicks a little scratch corn when they are in the playground but...

The poop is dropping onto plywood that's covered in wood shavings. I've been scraping it out once per week and washing it out once per month. So far it hasn't grossed me out but I wanted to make sure I was doing what is safe/healthy for my 7 chickens. Thanks so much for the replies! All this...

I have 6 hens and one rooster. How often should I scrape the poop from the coop?

I thought I would update this to let you know my white EE made it through the leg injury just fine She has been back to normal for a long time and can run faster than any of my other 6 hens and rooster!

Oh WOW - thanks for all the quick responses! I will start eating her eggs again. It just blew my mind... I had no idea they'd eat mice! Snakes???? Can chickens kill snakes? I have been worrying about this since we killed a snake in our yard last weekend. I was afraid snakes would kill my...

I caught my hen pecking on a dead mouse the other day. When I tried to take it from her she ran. She swallowed the mouse and started choking on it. Since the tail was hanging out of her beak, I pulled the mouse out slowly. I'm wondering if her eggs are safe to eat??? I haven't eaten a...

I am not familiar with it but once I read your post I started reading about it online. Since it's just one foot, it doesn't seem like that would be the cause - based on what I read. The bottom of her foot looks normal. She just has a swollen spot on top of her foot. I really think she...

I have 7 chickens. Today my white Easter Egger who is 4 month's old must have injured her foot/leg. The top of her foot is swollen to twice the size. She roams during the day with the other 6 chickens and the only other animal in their pasture is our friendly goat. The only things we can...