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Heard some commotion only to find a hawk pinning my chicken. Luckily I scared it away and now they’re in the run. She only has a few feathers plucked but zero injuries. My concern is, do hawks carry diseases? Should we not eat the eggs for awhile? I know she probably won’t lay eggs for a bit...

The day before yesterday, my small flock of 8 was wiped out by a neighborhood dog. One hen somehow survived uninjured, but she’s sad. A friend is going to give me a pair of Buff Orpingtons of about the same age. (1 or 2 years old). My question is: Is there anything I should be aware of...

I went out earlier this evening to lock up my flock. To my surprise, only a single hen was roosting. After nearly an hour, I finally found the remaining 3 chickens. Or what was left of them. Feathers were everywhere and only a singe corpse was left. I honestly am really upset over this, and it...

Hiya, I could really do with some advise. I have 2 female African Runner Ducks who have been sitting on 5 eggs for around 2 1/2 - 3 weeks . around 5pm today I found one of the eggs in the garden. It looks like a rat has began eating the shell but the duckling was still moving inside I emptied...

At 6 days overdue I turned off the incubator and felt as if I lost my duck eggs for some reason or another they didn't hatch, yesterday while a friend was over I decided to open a few of the eggs to see how far developed they were I knew they all had ducklings inside, but everything I read told...