I didn't even know we had crows in texas but a hawk just swooped down and got my girl Tabitha and 3 crows came to the rescue and he let her go. She does have a cut on her back where he grabbed her but other than that she's alive and safe!

I was curious if anyone else has experience with crows and if it's worth attracting them to protect our hens. We have a rooster but Tabitha seperated from the flock for a moment so he wasn't there to help her. It would be awsome to have another little friend watching out for them when our roo and dogs arent around a distracted hen.

I heard crows could get chicks or eggs but will they ignore them if you provide them with regular snacks?

Tell me your funniest chicken story

Here’s mine: a few years back hawk swooped down and stole one of my chickens. I guess she was too chunky and moved a lot because she fell two yards over and still lives to this day

in the sun she looks almost solid green it’s beautiful. She’s so curious

He’s been like this for a few days, he’s about 2 years old

And it’s in the form of a chicken

Recently got this rooster and ive been looking at different breed pictures to find out his breed but i cant really put a pin on an exact match. Can any one help me ?

Probably not in majority but I don’t charge for my eggs….I originally did plan on selling them but I found out it brings me a lot of happiness just giving them to people who I know will really love and appreciate not only the eggs but the chickens too (I talk about the chicken drama a lot and we’re all way to invested at this point 😂). That’s all. Thanks for coming to my ted talk ☺️

This has to be a record.

She’s been losing tons of feathers lately and now this. I just finished a long haul treating her sisters vent prolapse and reintroduced them over the last few days. General feather loss started a week ago though while her sister was in quarantine. Bugs?

Got them a couple days ago

Please don't mind the coop. We are renovating a bit at the moment.

We got our 3 girls in the fall and I didn’t think we would get any until the spring since we have no light in the coop but 2 of them surprised us this morning!!!

We have 3 chickens. The first is definitely a hen as she is laying but the second is making me wonder… Originally anyone that looked said definitely hen but she has started getting curly tail feathers…

So this is my 1 legged chicken and she has had these injuries for about a week or two now but they have recently gotten much more severe looking I was wondering if anyone had any treatment ideas that I could try?

Happy girls 😁

Looking for advice on what to do to help my chicken. Her head is covered in blood and it looks like her comb is falling off. Any assistance on how to clean and handle this welcome!

Looks like jam but i saw something similar not to far away that was smeared with chicken poop.

I got my chicks in the beginning and end of July and just got my first eggs on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! How do I figure out who’s laying?

I think my darker egg is from my Mystic Maran but I have a variety of other breeds- One Olive Egger Two Golden Laced Wyandottes One Black Sex Link Three Buff Orphingtons One Sapphire Gem One Mystic Maran

My Olive Egger and Mystic Maran have been squatting in a mating like position for me lately- does that mean it’s likely them?

I’m looking for a small to medium lg fowl chicken that is friendly to people and other chickens, have friendly roosters, likes to be held or petted, are somewhat predator aware and predator resilient, and overall easy to care for. After researching I came to a conclusion that legbars, and Easter eggers are the closest that meet what I’m looking for. Any recommendations, or suggestions of what kind I should get, or what seem to be a better breed?

Thanks!

(Bonus if the roosters are good at alerting or protecting! And if the moms are good moms!.)

Looks like one of our hens (bb) got got by either another hen or the frisky rooster? We really don't know what happened. We have her separated from the flock. Got it cleaned up, the bleeding stopped and some tripple antibiotic on it. Now here is the question.... Did some research and have seen where some folks in a similar situation were recommended to cut off the flap hanging down. Figured I'd ask some folks with more experience than I what their take is. A vet is not an option.

I thought I had posted a pic, check comments.