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We free ranged our birds, and lost one here and there over the last year, but felt that was acceptable. However this spring, a family of at least five hawks moved in and we lost five birds in two weeks! We penned in our girls hoping the hawks would eventually move on so we can free...

Yeah your red looks mixed for sure - but don't worry, she will most likely lay better than a heritage, though not for as many years. My red mixes are the friendliest of my bunch, they will jump in your lap. :)

We used a bannister rail for our trailer chicken coop - here is a photo of it under construction

Thanks so much for all the input guys!

She looks like my reds and I have personally seen eggs drop out of their butts. Don't worry! Here's one of my girls:

I hope so!! When I got these chicks and people said, you may not know until it lays an egg or crows, I thought they were exaggerating. Boy was I wrong!

HELP!! I think Henrietta has suddenly turned into a Henry. So Henrietta feathered in slower than her sister, Frannie, but both chickens have looked exactly the same for months. Here is one of Henrietta a month ago - no comb, same degree of face redness as the other chickens: But...

Just picked up my girls from the post office - great job on the shipping by Meyer Hatchery. I think I have identified them all. Please correct me if you think I've got something mixed up! All should be pullets. Box full of perky, chirping babies! #1 - Barnevelder Chick #2 Barred...

The three acres or so we use as a back yard has very few trees in it, and the girls spend most of their time in the sun just beside the tree line. We haven't been able to mow for the last week due to thunderstorms - I guess that's part of the problem! I'm mostly just wanting to know if...

My hens are around four months old and have been free ranging in our yard during the day time. I noticed that several of them have been hosting some hitchhikers - little deer ticks - right around their eye sockets. They don't seem to be bothered by them. I picked up a few of the girls and...

ok thanks!

So my dog killed one of my chickens. I caught her with it and it died a few minutes later from crushing injury - no open wounds on him. Hopefully I responded properly with the shock collar training that followed - it was hard to not be excessive but I tried to keep calm and I think she...

I appreciate your joke about a Lifetime Priority Bill The only reason I think this "intrusion" by the government is necessary is because failure to purchase your own health insurance negatively affects those with health insurance. I think one of the main functions of government is to...

Wow well I have only read part of this, but I am a nurse and I'd just like to say that it is across the board irresponsible to not have health insurance, no matter what your age. I don't care if you are "25 and healthy", I work in critical care and guess what, people of all ages get sick for no...