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    My dogs are killing my chickens!! Help!!!

    Craigslist is a great place to get free or cheap fencing
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    My dogs are killing my chickens!! Help!!!

    We keep our dogs in a dog yard and the chickens stay way from them.
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    Chicken limping and laying on side.

    Thank you for that info
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    Chicken limping and laying on side.

    Bad news I went and picked her up today and she weighs next to nothing. I think it may be best to put her down tomorrow she still isn't roosting and lays all day in the same spot. She does venture out a little but, but is very frail and thin.
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    Amercauna's still not laying.. :/

    That is what I was reading I am dying for some pretty blue green eggs but, I will be patient.
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    Amercauna's still not laying.. :/

    My 6 girls are still not laying. I got them in march/april as fluffy little peepers. I fed them start and grow they are semi free range. they are now on laying crumble. I give them greens and fruit egg shells and yummys from the kitchen almost everyday. my other hens have been laying for months...
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    Chicken limping and laying on side.

    She is now up and walking again with a limp still will not fly up to roost at night. she lays on the ground in the coop. Pretty sure she broke her leg. my chickens are all from different times I bought my leghorns and sexlinks who flock together a few weeks later got the amercaunas and then the...
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    Chicken limping and laying on side.

    I dont know what her deal is for 2 weeks now she has been just laying on her side she doesn't move but to eat and drink. She isnt laying eggs and I gave her a bath today and cleaned all the poop out. I didnt note any worms I did see one bug crawling on her but, she has been on the ground for 2...
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    new layer laying think shelled eggs

    One of our wyandottes started laying today her shell is very thin. There has been a lot of stress due to a raccoon got 3 of our chickens in the last few days. I have fixed the coop and ensured their safety even put in higher roosting bars. Our other hens eggs seem fine with a nice shell. should...
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    holy egg laying craziness!!

    Today I went out to feed and water my flock I was shocked to find our first eggs. I gathered up our 4 eggs 3 browns from our red sex links and one 1 from our leg horn. My children went back out to find 4 more white leghorn eggs. We only have 2 leghorns. is this fairly normal? or are my chickens...
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    Chickens wont roost in their coop HELP!

    I am worn out every night for the last few months I have been rounding up chickens out of trees, on top of the coop etc.. Every dang NIGHT! I can not do it anymore. Why dont they want to sleep in it? Cost us an arm and a leg to build it.It is huge there is plenty of room. plenty of boxes and...
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    hello from NC I am newish

    My chickens are free range. The bigger ones have a huge coop and the smaller ones are living in a dog kennel that can fit 2 saint Bernards in. When I let them all out in the morning the bigger one's are just so mean to the little one's and my bantams are no bigger then a 2 day old chick. We will...
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    North Carolina

    Davidson
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    hello from NC I am newish

    I have been stalking he BYC for about a year. We finally got our first chicks we started out with 2 leghorns, 4 barred rocks and 6 red sex link's. neighbors dog got one of our BRs and one RSL disappeared. a few weeks late I brought home 8 Ameraucana's and 2 Bantam's. my first chickens are about...
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