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lost some chickens today to a coyotes! Saw it coming out the window... in daylight! is this unusual ?? It was not afraid of me, I came out the door and stomped and yelled and lost several chickens anyway. Where are those bobcats when you need 'em. It's not going to be a happy count tonight...

Sitting on a tree I saw a Hawk! The girls were out for the afternoon, but the hawk didn't seem interested in them. What brought my attention to the hawk was the crows were leaving... The hawk moved from limb to limb seeming to find one that could take his weight. Then it gracefully flew off...

I have doctored on my heavy breeds, but now have some rescued bantams. It's seems my silkie has a prolapsed vent. I have read about cleaning and preparation H. Has anyone use this on a bantam?

My rescue bantams raised some biddies this last spring. Two ended up to be roos. I gave one away and prayed the beautiful white bird would be a hen, alas it's a roo. He is a mutt, but a wonderful looking healthy bird, even bigger than his daddy. Now he is fighting his dad, not really bad...

one of my hens is going down fast. I was out of town a lot the last few months and didn't notice. She has a nasty poopy butt that really smells, and she is skin and bones. They have been let out to roam since the daylight savings time, and she has always gone out and foraged. I just found her...

The chickens I adopted, because they place they were couldn't afford to winter them. So a long came my first bantams since I was a kid. And the first rooster in this coop. I got two silkies , Cochin, Polish and the roo. It wasn't too long before one of the silkies started setting. A lot was...

1) What type of bird , age and weight.Plymouth barred rock 2) What is the behavior, exactly.scratching 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?couple of days 4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No 5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that...

for the last four or five nights I, my husband and local kid have been trying to trap the raccoons that have invaded my chicken feed. I secured my feed so that they couldn't get it, but I worried about my girls being next. So we started trapping. The first night the traps were empty but...

Silver Laced Wyandotte????

Not many people know what's it like to lose a chicken friend, but y'all do! Shoes was my first Plymouth Rock, she had been moving slow these past few months. She was very old. She had a way of looking at me like I didn't really know what I was doing. We will miss her and her matronly walk...

My youngest came home just in time to see a raccoon climbing the tree to get the guineas. Larry and Moe live in the tree out side of the chicken pen. They prefer it up there. It's higher and they free range all day while the chickens are penned up. It was a quick climber, almost got the...

just got back from the chicken pen. and I noticed one of my hens (my last Hampshire) she has been roosting on the ground and I just lost the her sisters this spring. I picked her up and saw a clump of what looked like dirt on her foot. No swelling or other weird stuff. I moved the clump and...

In 2005 I bought 3 New Hampshire's, and 3 Plymouth Rocks. They were healthy happy birds. I really thought I would lose some birds in the heat wave last summer but all was well. My problem is that this spring I have lost 2 of the three New Hampshires. Now the last girl is showing the same...