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    Should our chickens be on a diet?

    OK, here's the background - once, many years ago, we had 2 pet chickens, and we didn't know what breeds they were. One was probably a rhode island red, or something related, and the other one was a commercial meat bird, genetically bred to gain weight. We fed them chicken feed and they also...
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    Is it parasites? What should I do? Can I use the poop on my garden?

    We have 2 buff orpingtons in our backyard. They are 8 months old. They have a 4 x 20 foot run, and some days we move them around in a tractor. Their coop is 4 x 4 (the inside part) and I clean out their poop from their inside coop about every 2nd or 3rd day. For the past few weeks I have...
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    HELP! traumatized chicken...?! dog had her head in his mouth...

    One of our buff orpingtons was attacked by a hawk over the summer. The hawk came up with just feathers, but our chicken was not right for about a month or so. She lost weight, her comb got pale, she would just stand there, with this glazed look in her eyes, instead of pecking and scratching...
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