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This morning I noticed my favorite chicken, Rosy, was missing. I looked all over for her, but couldn't find her. I was getting really worried, and my heart sank when I saw a trail of feathers leading to under the shed. I checked there, and I found half of her. A raccoon probably took the other...

I lost two girls last night to a raccoon. I’m absolutely devastated. It was 100% my fault, I accidentally left their door open after putting them away. I put so much time and energy into making sure my girls have everything, are happy and safe, but I failed them this time. I’m the reason...

Goodbye Shiny! We kept you as long as we could. I'll see you later at dinnertime.:( Goodbye Shiny 👋 You were beautiful

I thought about posting this and decided to because I wish I knew some of the things I know now and can always learn more about having chickens 🐓 I’m speaking on chickens 🐔 but a lot of this might help other animals and you if you struggle at times. I started having chickens in 2020 along with...

I just had a chick die several hours after hatching. It wasn’t acting right from the beginning and was super weak. I thought it was just tired from hatching, but later after drying it was sitting on its butt and leaning back. It couldn’t walk properly, it started to get better so I thought it...

The title reveals all. Tag your friends! :P I thought up the idea for this thread whilst listening to ‘Father and Son’ from the Guardians of Galaxy vol. 2 so DUH because Yondu… 👀 Yep- okay no spoilers. The other two are ‘Wings’ by Halfty and Winks, you should probably have context for what...

Hi, it is a sad and confusing day. After months of looking for the perfect rooster to protect and breed with my pullets, we found him dead in the coop this morning. He was approx. 8 months old and was in perfect health. He was eating, drinking, and pooping just fine. The only change in his...

He unfortunately passed away yesterday and he was my favourite chick! I’m so sad he didn’t get to grow up. He looked exactly like his father 💔 In the third picture he was with his sibling who hatched a few days later! I’m still mourning my poor baby chick. He is in a plate so we wouldn’t get our...

Please help me! I am so saddened and Guilt ridden after losing 3 young chickens yesterday in daylight. Vanished almost without a trace. I found only small amount of feathers - one near coop and one down our hill about 300 feet. No sign of 3rd one. We live in rural Massachusetts. I am Devastated...

Hi I’m new to raising backyard chickens. I incubated for the first time and half the eggs hatched. I have three cute polish and the rest of the eggs didn’t hatch even after 22 days and the ones that piped got shrink wrapped because I took chicks out and the last one was the polish had its leg...

This chick was hatched this morning. I’m thinking that the mother hen attacked it. Which really confuses me, because she loves her other chicks so much and is very protective of them. But this one appears to have been attacked. We’ve also lost 2 others but they were dead when I found them. I’m...

Hi there! I'm veeeery new to this and just got my first flock of buttons- have done a bunch of research but constantly afraid of messing up for these little guys. I recently got my small flock of 6 buttons, still figuring out the sex of a few of them - particularly two identical white ones I...

Not so much as a wiggle or a pip. Hey baby ducks, it's hatch day. 🙏💕🙏 Praying that they hatch. Will leave it going till day 32...

Not so much as a wiggle or a pip. Hey baby ducks, it's hatch day. 🙏💕🙏 Praying that they hatch. Will leave it going till day 32...

This is just a quick post I wanted to make as a tribute to my 9 1/2 year old hen who passed away last night her name was beauty and she was a Delaware I’d gotten her as a chick in 2012 with 2 other chicks She outlived all of my first 7 chicks except her sister and she still gave me eggs up until...

I woke up this morning to find 4 of my 5 chickens (4 months old) laying on their backs dead. They were fine and happy yesterday and this morning they were dead I looked up what it might be and the only thing that seems right is Sudden Death Syndrome. I am now worried about my 5th chicken might...

Most of my chicks hatched on day 20 but one hatched on day 23, now that the chick has dried mostly it sits at the window of the incubator crying for attention and i mean CRYING😭 I feel so bad for it but it just isnt quite strong enough to take on six curious and somewhat mean chicks, these...

first of all thank for taking the time to read and answer this. I am extremely sad my cat he was about 10 years old he went missing last wensday and we called his name multiple times because he always comes when you call his name and he always comes back. And today we went out to look for him...

Yesterday, one of my two chicks died. I got them from a pet store and were sick when we picked them up. The male chicken has blue around his eyes and his eyes are shut with mucus. I used Q tips that were dipped in warm water to try to remove them, but its still there. I try to do it often. He is...

I got 2 chicks from a store on the 16th. They were both a little sick. We were going to get 3 chicks, but the mother didn’t want her to go. Unfortunately, we were informed that the 3rd had died, the mother was sick. The male chick has blue around his eyes, he doesn’t open them a lot. The female...