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Intercepted a fox with my fella in it's mouth! Late night, with a window open, heard my rooster squabbling. thought to myself that doesn't sound right. ran out to the coop with a light and there he was! the fox cleared a 7' stone wall. Rooster was shook, bloody head but he's ok. I spent the next...

My Polish Silkie cross Pullets are now 5 months old. I have two pullets with no fancy head gear, just a straight comb. Is this genetics from a few birds back in mating? in this clip, there is a good close up of one of the straight comb pullets.

Silkie Polish cross 2 hens, mothers-10 months 1 cockerel-11 months and 7 chicks-9 weeks old they all get along, cockerel is doing his job well, all three collectively mind the chicks. two days ago one chick began to lag behind. today i took chick to vet, as this morning it did not want to...

Has anyone had an experience with ringworm from chickens?

I have a SilkiexPolish Cockerel(10 month), two hens(9 month) of the same, and 7 chicks(6 weeks). I am learning about the two breeds from the information here on the BYC website. I picked up the birds as they were cheap and cheerful. If anyone has this X it would be nice to hear about...

It seems to me that my cockerel, 10 months old SilkixPolish, has it out for one of the chicks. The chicks are 6 weeks old, SilkiexPolish. The chick, the youngest so perhaps it is 5 weeks old, seems healthy to me. The chick is generally fine within the flock. This happened this morning: I...

just a small film of my two hens who hatched this clutch together. I lost 3 chicks in the beginning. these 7 are doing well.

My two girls hatch a clutch, together. 7 chicks-into my third week. due to the design of my run, I had to seal the entrance of to the coop. too steal, too dangerous. so I opened up a side of the coop and wired it off in order to let light and air in. today, the one hen was mad after the other...

Hi I cant find an answer so i will post my question. my hen, silkie polish cross, is laying her eggs outside the coop as they, the flock of 3, free range all day. was hoping she'd go broody soon to hatch the eggs. found her nest today, and the horses have exposed her hide out. moving the eggs...

On my walk this evening I came across a raven on the side of the road. Flapping wings, unable to stand up. I pick up the bird and walked home. The vet in the village is not in until 9 tomorrow morning. I placed the bird in a shed with ventilation. A bowl of water with a small bit of shredded...

I made this coop with recycled timber. scrap. screws, felt for the roof and two 4x8 MDF board is what i had to purchase. I had a load of fencing posts so i decided to design something that utilised what i had the most of. The chicken wire was left behind in the field so i was set there. the...

Hi there, very happy to be here on Backyard Chickens! I live in Ireland. I recently lost my man Newman, strawberry comb Leghorn, to a horrible attack from a fox. He was a pet. And I lost my dad just two months prior. So I'm here to start up a new flock with conversation, tips and feedback. Happy...