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  1. AbbysSilkies

    HELP!

    Please help!! There were rats in the barn where our chicks were so about three weeks ago we moved them to a coop behind the barn. It’s raised 3 feet and has relatively tight wire, but I was mortified to go out this morning to find a giant rat snake had eaten my three favorites! I was devastated...
  2. Sarah Leighty

    help- Injured hen, eating but wont drink, wounds healing

    Hello all- One of our girls got attacked by the neighbors 2 little dogs, and they pulled her skin off pretty good from neck down between wings, and on one side. She also got a bite on her chest. This was Tuesday 9/26. We cleaned with betadine solution/warm water spray, and have treated for...
  3. ShrekDawg

    HELP! Fighting Hens!

    Soooo... I have 8 chickens, all hens. 1 Barred Rock, 2 Black Australorps, 3 Buff Orpingtons, and 2 Easter Eggers. 2 of them are broody right now and have been for about a month because I haven't had a chance to break them yet. One, an Orpington named Penny, has been broody 3 times since April...
  4. L

    HELP! My chicken won't stop attacking the new chickens!

    Hi! I am new to raising chickens; we got our first girls (plus a duck!) in April of this year. They have been doing well and have been in an outside coop since around June. We got another set of babies in August of this year. They were ready to go outside this month, so we got another coop that...
  5. N

    Plymouth Rock Chook attacked an maimed

    So last night i had a horrid experience. Luckily I was awake until about 2:30am when I heard a horrifying cry from my chook. I quickly ran downstairs and outside only to find 3 rackoons attacking my chooks. One of them had my alpha female by the head/neck and I thought she was dead for sure...
  6. zayn

    GREEN POOP

    HI all< so just yesterday i was given a game bird cockerel (aseel type breed) who is about 6 months old that was attacked by a fox and went missing for severeal days. when he was found-badly injured-he was given to me. i have cleaned all his wounds and applied pet safe antiseptic(near cloaca...
  7. OG Anomaly

    Attacked by Racoon, Severe Injuries, Emergency, Plz Help

    Hi, I'm not familiar with posting in threads like this, am typing w one hand & holding the injured bird w the other- please bear w me & thank you in advance for any help/suggestions/info A few months back, my son came home from work w 12 chicks (pullets?) from our local Tractor Supply. He's...
  8. IslaBean

    Cowarding Chicken Behavior - HELP!

    I need help!! I raised 10 chickens from when they were only two weeks old. We didn't know whether they were roosters or hens yet, but we knew we'd eventually have to get rid of the roosters due to city laws. The chickens are currently about 15 weeks old. I let my chickens free range during the...
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  9. danielleparry

    Duckling emergency

    hi, I've got 3 broody ducks with no drake (they are not good breeds to be mothers so decided not to get a drake). so obviously nothing was gonna happen there, I let them sit for just shy of 4 weeks, before I decided they had earnt some ducklings, I bought 10, day old ducklings to share between...
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Mountainwalker

    Rooster attacked and injured my 3 year old

    Hello I have australorp hens which we raised since they were chicks and an australorp rooster, the rooster we got when he was already adult(about a year old) and he recently attacked my 3 year old boy and scratched his face, very close to the eye. I am ready to put him down but since we only...
  11. Jhs51684

    Did my Bantam kill my Barred Rock?

    I woke up to a dead 4 month old Barred Rock today. My flock includes 3 Bantam Old English Game Hens and 3 Plymouth Barred Rocks (well, unfortunately 2 now). The Bantams are 3 years old and the BRs are 4 months old and I integrated them with the bantams at 2 months old. The BRs are already twice...
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