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    My chick has a naked neck?

    Oops, I mean is the molting age
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    My chick has a naked neck?

    Sometimes when chickens are depressed they go into self-mutalation where they pull out their feathers. If this chick is acting less and less social it may be time for some more outdoor time. Or it’s just molting, which is probably the case considering it’s not a large area and their age isn’t...
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    Hen with swollen rear

    I agree that it’s hard to tell what’s wrong with her. It might be nothing big though, like a ton of people said, she could just be fat. Though, she really might have a terrible diese or something (that I 99.9 precent doubt) My chickens don’t have that, maybe it’s just she laid an egg the wrong...
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    Dog attacked my chicken!

    I meant that she could survive that long with a wound like that.
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    Dog attacked my chicken!

    That poor chicken... I don’t know what else to give her but quick thinking! Dogs almost always kill for sport and won’t stop (like us humans) until they have finished the job. You are extremely lucky that chicken was able to survive without more damage! She could’ve have an very deep wound.
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    I voted for man. Why? I did that because we kill chickens daily for their good taste. (No offense) Yet all the other animals usually hunt to eat, not good taste.
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    What on earth killed our chickens?

    Recently we have been having trouble with predators. Witch we never have. We had 5 chickens left before spring, they where 2 years old. Suddenly one morning we found 2 of them dead in the coup without their heads. Feathers everywhere. The same thing happens to one of our family members who lives...
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