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    What breed are these?

    Pictures taken on phone, sorry!
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    12 week old chick problem, HELP!

    update: found her dead in the coop today. she was slightly smaller, but wasnt getting picked on. hadnt been eating properly last couple of days. starting to think tht faint may have damagd her more than i thought.
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    12 week old chick problem, HELP!

    hi, picked up my chicken today and held it for a few secs. kept a firm grip as it was trying to flap so i lowered my hands and let it go about a foot off the floor. next thing the chicken flapped and lay down and clsoed it eyes and had some sort of spasm. i picked it up and saw it was still...
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    Need help on chicken fencing

    Hi, my garden is in 2 halves, one half concrete and the other half soil. i put the coop on the soil by my fence/wall and tried to keep the chickens on the mud by putting something in line with the coop to the other fence either wth crates or bricks. however they always seem to fly over onto the...
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    MY ROOS NEVER CROWED!! are they sick, 25 wks old

    i had a light sussex which was about the same age, and tht hadnt started crowing yet either so i wouldnt worry
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    Rooster died suddenly, need help to find a reason if there is one

    Quote: I feel guilty as I had to keep the rooster separate, but cos the cage wasnt as well insulated as the coop, and there was a draft passing thru i think this may have been the last straw. its a lot harder than i thought it would be
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    Rooster died suddenly, need help to find a reason if there is one

    Quote: Where are you bills_m, a lot of chickens can stand a bit of cold (some of them a lot) without adverse effects. The problem with birds is that there are a lot of things that can cause trouble and sometimes it is a case of several hitting at the same time. i live in the u.k, temps prob...
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    Rooster died suddenly, need help to find a reason if there is one

    we were feeding it mixed corn along with scraps, thou it seemed last in the pecking order so anytime it tried to eat with the hens around, it would get pecked at. it could be my fault as the cage i put it in maybe didnt provide enough warmth through the night, and it was a winter night as well.
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    Rooster died suddenly, need help to find a reason if there is one

    Hi, only had chickens for 6 months and lost my first one on sunday which was a light sussex rooster, he wasnt a fully grown, prob about 7-8 months. anyway he was always getting picked on by the hens and in the last couple of days wasnt eating properly either and had lost a bit of weight. his...
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