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  1. S

    Injured Peacock, can’t bear weight on one leg

    Hello good people, I’m very worried as our free ranging young male peacock was shot with a bb gun in the leg about a week ago and while he initially was able to put a little weight on it, now he is not putting any weight on it at all. He can still fly and he is eating and drinking and is...
  2. Nerdy farmer

    Big bear farm welcoming poultry and other live stock

    If you need to re-home for little animals let me know we take all legal poultry and goats and sheep.
  3. Rathornis

    Chicks and bantams and bears, oh my!

    Looking for a bit of advice. We had a bear incident on the property that's forced me to consolidate my adult (~1 yr, 4 Australorp, 6 BYM bantam) flock with a bunch of 5-week old chicks (probably Australorp) until we can figure out if we're going to hot-wire the coop, relocate it, or try and...
  4. Rose the Legbar

    How to keep a black bear from coming back

    One of the worst things happened to our little flock, a black bear. Thankfully no feathers were lost and everyone was safe; just a broken nesting box door (image at the end). Now, I am trying to find ways to keep the bear from coming back. I am going to be bringing them inside my house each...
  5. casportpony

    Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1 & Cam 2

  6. K

    Chicken not weight bearing after dog attacked

    ...and her belly feathers ripped out. She has no obvious injuries other than a bare belly basically but as the day went on, she no longer weight bears on one leg. We’ve isolated her with a heat lamp and her own feed and water. Usually she doesn’t like to be held either and all day she’s cuddled...
  7. dreamdoc

    Why won't my hen bear weight on her leg?????

    Over the past few weeks I posted about my hen who appeared to have injured her leg and was not bearing weight on it. Now, over almost 2 months later, I am still baffled. She was seen and treated by a vet for a mild bumblefoot as the possible source. She had no break, no sprain, a completed...
  8. B

    Bear Trauma

    Hello all, Last Friday night I lost 3 chickens (of 6) to a bear. I have cleaned the coop/run, added clean dirt, removed all traces of feathers, yet the remaining chickens are very stressed. They don't allow me near them now, and they are very friendly. Does anyone have any advice how to help...
  9. Sefirothe

    Bear!!!

    Thank god I got the chooks out of the temp pen and into a real coop. I never in a million years would have thought we would see a bear here. Luckily he just walked on thru and didn't try to break into the coop in the background.
  10. CrockChickens9

    Advice for hot wiring a coop against bears

    We had a bear attack a little while ago and we have repaired the coop and now we are looking to add electric wire. We are hoping to just hot wire the coop and not do a fence. I’m looking for advice on placement of hot wiring to best deter bears and also wondering if the wire needs to constantly...
  11. MotherDucker08

    Bear?

    Not sure what could do this other than a bear, last night our Run Chicken dorr was torn clean off the coop! I didn't get a picture of that but I did get a picture of the one door. (Attached) Not pictured is the lock that's usually on the door and the boards that are usually over the hardware...
  12. CrockChickens9

    Bear attack not all chickens accounted for…

    I had a bear break into my coop last night. I had 6 hens. I have found 2 areas with high number of feathers and I can tell each one is one of my 2 Easter eggers. One of my Australorps and Buff Orpingtons came back after awhile of me calling this morning. So I am still missing another Buff and...
  13. chickenlady2004

    BLACK BEAR BROKE INTO CHICKEN COOP-PLS HELP

    hey guys so today i encountered my first black bear and around 6pm i went out to lock the chickens up i went to go to the coop and my family started screaming at me from the window. after i stopped they started banging pots and a black bear ran out of the coop. didn’t hurt any animals but ripped...
  14. Myah1011

    If a bear gets into the chicken feed is it still okay to give to chickens?

    Had a brown bear get into the chicken feed last night and the trash, there’s still a lot of feed left so I was wondering if it can still go to the chickens or if it’s not advised due to the bear maybe contaminating it?
  15. CombNWattles

    Bear attack & prayers for anyone else who’s lost birds

    Sadly, I just lost nearly half my flock in a bear attack. We thought it was raccoons, so my brother left me in the pen with his flip phone flashlight and a machete to keep them treed while he got his shotgun. I left my glasses inside when I ran out, but even so, I was starting to think those...
  16. CashewVulture

    Bear break-in

    ...a raccoon but while were installing new protection on the nesting box (pieces of wood drilled to prevent the box from opening), we saw a black bear very close to the coop. Probably coming back for more…we tried to scare it with an air horn and rocks but it didn’t move. Our very powerful...
  17. my spoiled chickens

    Bear Control

    My friend recently had a bear around her house and she only lives 9 minutes away from me.I like going for trail rides in my woods but our neighbor got his property logged not too long ago so that probably scared them away,but I want to be sure. Should I get bear repellent or a pepperball gun or...
  18. B

    Bear encounters

    How many of you have had trouble with bears getting into chicken food or coop? I'd like to hear your bear stories and how you dealt with them. I'll share two of mine: 1: A few summers ago, my little sister and I were in the woods alone picking wineberries. We have trails all over the place. We...
  19. sewchick

    Bear problems Omlet coop

    Bear shenanigans. My omlet coops is a little messed up. Fixed it with zip ties. Lots and lots of zip ties and tomorrow or later this evening I might go and hog ring every single space where it connects. My hens are ok. Not much we can do about it. I don't like working out there without...
  20. mybabychickens

    bear problems

    ...is where the food, water, and bedding are. then there's a ramp to the bottom which is grass and dirt and plenty of room for them to play. This bear ripped the doors off its hinges. left huge holes in the walls. now this is a heavy-duty coop. my dad built it with very thick pieces of wood...
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