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    Help me spoil my flock (sad over death)

    Feeling so sad - yesterday I came home to find my beloved Polish hen Kasha dead. She was in the coop with no signs of trauma. She had been fine the day before and laying at least within 72 hours, but I think she must have been egg-bound. Her vent appeared to be prolapsed, so that’s our best bet...
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    Kelp vs Other Greens

    We have 8 hens in our urban coop - they free range so get bugs but not much greens, especially this time a year, as not much grows on our shady dirt patch. We make up for this by giving them lots of greens from the grocery store - collards, mustard and turnip greens, whatever’s on sale. I’ve...
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    Integrating Flock with Known Pecker

    First post here! We have chickens in our urban Brooklyn yard. After a bad racoon loss last year, we were left with 2 girls, now 18 months. They're both great layers (Austrolorp and Rhode Island Red) and feel like our pets. Problem is, the Rhode Island Red pecks the other bird pretty badly. This...
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