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Thanks very much for all that info. Very helpful!

We have an Easter egger roo hatched from a pale blue egg. We have a hen also hatched from the same color egg and she is now laying fairly bright blue eggs. We also have Rhode Island reds laying nice brown eggs. My question is if I hatch these eggs will the offspring from the brown layers result...

Daisy was well enough to rejoin her friend Gloria in the coop yesterday :) Still trying to catch the weasel but we've done some more reinforcements on the outside of the run. We will keep setting the traps and see if we can get anything. The chickens are staying inside for now anyways until we...

Injured hen update; Daisy is up and walking again on her own. She's eating and drinking no problem and seems like she's well on her way to being back to health. She was even able to hop up into her kennel on her own to go to bed the last couple of nights. Her balance still isn't perfect but it's...

Glad your hen survived. And yes, not far from here there have been reports of cougars, bears, and the other day someone found some wolf tracks in the snow. The spot where we are isn't really known for either of those three but it's always possible. Our run is actually setup with the egg layers...

That’s a good tip. I do have some more heavier wire I could use. Thankfully we haven’t had anything larger coming around during the day. But we’ve seen fox and coyotes at night. But the chickens are all inside the coop at night which is on a concrete foundation and built like a house.

Not sure if you were replying to me or not. My location is in my profile but I just signed up yesterday so I might have missed something. I agree hardware cloth is the way to go and I've covered the entire run with 1/4". Hopefully I have all the weak spots covered now. Time will tell.

Short update. Our injured hen managed to stand up on her own this morning. She's kind of leaning on the edge of the kennel here in this photo to help balance herself but she seems to be headed in the right direction. Her neck is still definitely twisted to the side but she's eating a little bit...

That's good to know. I did fully cover the run to keep the snow out for the most part. Before I did that, I noticed the same thing after the first snowfall. Everyone just refused to go out. I might just need to add some more enrichment stuff to the inside of the coop. I spent a lot of time...

Yeah, you're bang on about the weasels. The first attack we had it took out 7 chickens in one go. It left 5 of them piled up on top of each other, one inside the coop and managed to drag the 7th one off. This was before we beefed up the run with hardware cloth so it was easy for the weasel to...

Yes, it is. I guess the one positive is this little critter is helping me identify all the weak points in the system. I'm hopeful I have covered everything now. But I'm even going to go to the added extent of dumping some gravel on top of the apron now just to make it harder to even dig down to...

Hi all. This is a bit of a long read but hopefully my story will help some others learn from our mistakes and help keep your own flocks safe. We also welcome any advice on hopefully helping our one injured hen recover. Some of our flock including our beloved rooster Leonard who sadly was one...

Hi all. I've been on here lots reading and learning and decided it was time to finally create an account and start participating. We moved out to the country before this past summer and have dove in headfirst. So far, we've got some horses and chickens. For now, we are just raising chickens for...