Last night our 7 year old let our 8 chickens out and didn't prop their door open so the wind closed it and locked them out of the coop. Unbeknownst to me. Then at 4 am I woke to the sound of our chickens freaking out and ran outside and chased off some raccoons. They got one chicken. We managed to get 6 locked back up safely. But we found one hiding in the bushes with her comb ripped off. I think they had her and dropped her when I ran outside in my pajamas.

Right now we have her quarantined in our garage with some food and water. But she has a pretty gnarly wound on top her head. Do I just leave it and let it heal on its own? She might also have some issues with one of her eyes. I haven't gotten a good look at it. Should I wrap it and disinfect it somehow?

I am not a chicken owner, but my parents are. Their chickens are of the age that they are starting to pass. I'm looking for some inspiration on ways to make a memorial. I'm thinking some sort of sign with the names of all the chickens that can be moved to a different part of the sign as they pass away.

Does anyone know what this could possibly produce? Will the double silver laced genetics pass down? Is a Double Silver Laced Ameraucana possible?

10'x26'x8' run with a 10'x10'x10' walk in coop. We are in the DFW area, so warmer winters, stupid hot summers. Electric will be ran to coop for a fan of heat lamps. Nesting boxes will be elevated to maximize space on the ground. And we will be doing a bunch of roosting bars.

Recently my hen has taken a liking to the mice in the backyard. We recently put out d-con in the house as a last Ditch effort to get rid of the mice in our house (we tried everything else and nothing worked.)

She brutally murders them but we've been taking them away when she catches one. I'm just worried she'll eat one when we're not looking and get sick because it has ingested d-con. Is this something I need to worry about?

So I’m very new to chickens and still in the research prior to purchasing all of our equipment stage. My three dogs are inside dogs but they will have a fenced in run in my backyard. If my dogs see the chickens I’m almost certain they’ll go crazy barking, at least one of them. I’m also not certain she’d get over it. She is a pug beagle mix so not exactly massive but insists she’s a hunting dog.

My question is will this barking be detrimental to the chickens? I don’t want them stressed out and anxiety ridden and I could try and move the coop to a part of my yard where my dogs might not be able to see them but I wanted to see how bad it is for the chickens before I do all of that.

Thanks for any help y’all provide!

I plan to build a coop and run in a 4 x 12 feet area. How many chickens I can house in this coop and run? Thanks for help experts.

... and i just think it is the cutest thing #teamwork

Edit: Photo and for information the two larger eggs are dummy eggs

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Hi everyone. Please help give advice on what I can do. I live in an apartment with concrete walls that are typically soundproof. Someone I know had a baby chick that they needed to offload ASAP or would dump in the street. I agreed to take her in temporarily while we wait for the person who will be taking her into their existing flock to finish their move. She is in my bedroom in a large crate, has bedding, chick feed, and a brooder heater on the highest setting she typically enjoys. She gets ample time to roam the apartment and lots of cuddles. She is usually mellow in the daytime, but now she is having a full tantrum in the middle of the night. I am having a nervous breakdown. I have rehabilitation experience and been the “half way house” for so many animals and have not run into this scenario before. I work on a farm with chickens and take care of them there, but they’re all happy and in a flock. The farm also won’t let me bring her there. She is PIERCING crying and screaming screaming. I am confident my neighbors can hear at this point because this neighborhood is so quiet at this hour. I don’t know what to do. It’s getting worse, I would wait for her to tire herself out but that feels cruel and also takes a long time.

What else can I add to her home to make her quieter? She has a stuffed animal, heat, blankets, a hiding spot, water, food, and mirror. The person who will be taking her won’t be ready for another week. I feel like I’m at my breaking point. I’m just trying to help but I do not know what to do here

Looking for y’all’s experience with breeds and where you purchase them that actually lay olive colored eggs. Any shade of green! So far all the ones we have gotten from tractor supply that says the will lay green eggs…. Don’t 😂

I currently have a flock of 11 hens and just got 8 more pullets around 5 weeks old, and one ~6 week rooster (at separate times). I currently have them separated with my main flock, the rooster by himself, and the 8 pullets by themselves. I plan on letting them join the OG flock around next week. How do I work out the feed situation? I have layer pellets for the hens, and medicated chick crumbed for the babies. Also, after they are all grown up and I have 18 hens and 1 rooster, what kind of feed should I buy?

Hi,

A little back story for context, my 8-month-old hen sprained her leg about 4 weeks ago. I put her in chicken hospital for 3 weeks until her leg was healed. All good, she was a little lazy and stopped laying after about a week but I was not worried about it she was not egg-bound and was still eating all good. I brought her back with her sisters on Friday, although there was a bit of typical pecking (nothing violent just re-establishing the hierarchy).

Fast forward to Sunday, I noticed she seemed a little sleepy, but her comb was bright red, she was still eating and drinking and wrote it off as maybe some heat exhaustion as it got really hot really quick. As of today she is still incredibly lethargic and noticed her comb is slightly pale. I checked her for being egg-bound I still feel nothing, she is eating and drinking water as well and is overall active when she free ranges but then she will randomly stop walking and fall asleep standing.

I have at this point exhausted my chicken knowledge, so I am turning to reddit for some insight. I've googled and googled but haven't found anything that fits. Is she just re-adjusting and is sleepy? Should I separate her again?

Someone my husband works with is moving and he asked us to take their families chickens. Nine hens and one silkie roo.

My husband brought the birds home today and upon opening the kennel they rode home in, a large roo flew out. Our roo and he got in a fight and now he’s injured. I will be able to pick him up when he goes in the coop and assess how he is. What can I use on his wounds? Or what should I give him?

The other roo has been culled.

Thank you in advance for any help!

Same color as my female cream leg bars just no Mohawk. What yall think?

About a month ago the chicken injured its foot, and was bleeding. When we found it the other chickens were pecking at the wound and you could see bone around chickens knee. Chicken has been isolated the last couple weeks and wound was rinsed with peroxide and sprayed with blu-kote.

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Wound has since swollen into a large abscess/knot on the side of the knee. Have treated the last several days with Epsom salt bath

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Any other suggestions on treatment or if the abscess should be lanced and drained?

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Also not 100% sure if it's even bumblefoot as the chicken's foot itself looks normal and the abscess seems confined to the knee area. Chicken does not seem to have any problem walking and doesn't appear to be in obvious distress but cant say forsure.

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Any recommendations on how to proceed at with at home care?