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    Molting Chicken Pecked at by Others?

    I should note that i just increased both girls' protein intake - cat food, meal worms and scrambled eggs!
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    Molting Chicken Pecked at by Others?

    I'm down to two chickens in my flock after losing two to hawks within the last month. Saturday, one of my girls started molting - hard - and lost a lot of her feathers all at once. When I went outside to let the girls out that morning, I found her hunkered down in the laying box and my other...
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    Hawk! Will it carry away my chickens?

    Yes - a hawk can carry a chicken away. I lost a Rhode Island Red several weeks ago to a hawk - it was his second attempt at my flock. I'd keep your girls cooped until you're sure he's gone.
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