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    Chicken attacked by dog

    Will they "forget" her if I wait that long? Do you mean until she has feathers again or until it's skin and not scabby? Sorry I know I sound very amateur.
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    Chicken attacked by dog

    When should I put her back with the flock?
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    Chicken attacked by dog

    Her whole back is a scab basically as well part of her chest and stomach. No feathers. It is less red than last night.
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    Chicken attacked by dog

    My silkie was attacked by a dog last night. I didn't see it happen, but the owner called me and when I got to the chicken she was on her back and almost totally featherless. I took her to an emergency vet and amazingly there are no serious puncture wounds (it looks like she was plucked or as...
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    Do I need a heater?

    Well that one cold night turned onto 10 nights of ice and snow! The horse stall worked so well!
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    Do I need a heater?

    I leave the little door open and there is also a screened small window directly opposite. Should I shut the door and keep them in the coop when temps are so low or let them come out in the morning? And yes I see that hawk lol. It’s the only picture of the coop I could find!
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    Do I need a heater?

    I have 4 silkies, a d'uclle bantam, and a polish crested bantam. Next week our temps will be in the low single digits at night (3 degrees is the lowest). I was thinking of bringing them into my cement horse barn and putting them in a horse stall for some protection from wind and if it rains...
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    Hawk Attack

    Is protecting very much a rooster behavior? Would a hen ever do it?
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    Hawk Attack

    We had the scariest thing happen today and I am so worried about our beloved Polish Crested bantam Zuzanna. She has so many feathers she really can barely see and is so vulnerable. When we free range we are so careful, but obviously today was a slip up as far as being "right there"( I won't...
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    First eggs!

    Out of the blue I found 4 eggs when I went to clean out the sleeping enclosure! No nest boxes yet as I thought too young (20 weeks tomorrow). I have 7 hens - 5 silkies and one polish crested and one d'uclle bantam. Any guesses to which of those breeds is the earliest layer? It was so...
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    New shavings chicks eating bits

    I got new shavings today from TSC. Flock Party Fresh Flakes. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/manna-pro-fresh-flakes-poultry-bedding. There are little black bits(not mold) and smaller bits of wood and the chicks are pecking and scratching furiously at it and I am sure eating it...
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    One last medicated feed question(s)

    I have seven chicks that are 3 weeks today on unmedicated feed. They have been raised totally inside apart from one warm day they went on the grass for about 10 minutes. My bag of feed is about to run out. I think I would feel more comfortable with medicated feed now that they will be going...
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    Polish Crested Growing Rate?

    Looks the same size as my Polish Crested Bantam. Could she be a bantam?
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    Kaytee clean and cozy bedding vs pine shavings

    Is this ok to use instead of pine shavings? I have a leftover bag from the hamsters. It's like a paper material. The bag I have is "birthday cake" colored....is that going to be a problem (chemicals, etc)? Chicks are 3 weeks tomorrow. Thank you!
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    Questions about a little time outside...

    Ok that is what I thought. Instead of bringing the dirt in, can I just take them outside for a bit during the day (longer periods as they get older). Or is that not enough exposure?
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