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    Picked on chicken with suddenly comes up with a lame leg

    Thanks, the "Victim" is about 2 years old, she has been the bottom bird in the pecking order. I have placed her in my chicken tractor, it has shade, water, food and three different height roosts, all 1x2s that have the edges sanded and are smooth. When the rest of the flock is out foraging, they...
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    Picked on chicken with suddenly comes up with a lame leg

    Hello again, about 4-5 months ago got 2 adult birds from a friend, they were part of the original brood but separated since adolescence. after a month and a half of being Next door, I released them into my free-range flock, I know the ISA Browns are extra active since they lay daily. Plenty of...
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    Healthy ISA brown suddenly dies

    unfortunately, i was concerned with possible disease, and it spreading to the rest of the flock so I disposed of the body
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    Healthy ISA brown suddenly dies

    I Did not know that. After watching these ladies mob predators and forage like crazy (free ranged) I have fallen in love with the breed.
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    Healthy ISA brown suddenly dies

    She was 2, also a brood sister to the other 5 brownies
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    Healthy ISA brown suddenly dies

    I have a mixed flock of 6 ISA browns, 1 California tan, and older bardrock. Yesterday one of the isa browns started acting lethargic, her comb looked kinda blackish on the top edges and limp. When I let the flock out to their free range area, she would not leave. Eventually she wondered out but...
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    Chicken Behavior

    I have 4 ISA Browns (the Mob), one lonely California tan, and one lonely brown leghorn
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    Chicken Behavior

    I had a strange experience and was wondering if I actually understand. I had lost an entire flock to a bobcat a couple of years back. My new flock has had no problems, so far. Yesterday I saw the silhouette of a cats head at the top of my chicken's playpen (2 acres ) My 4 ISA Browns also...
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    Wasp nests in the chicken run

    We started using the Dawn mix to spray for wasp and hornets about 18 years ago. We have never looked back! It Drops them, it will wipe out the nest AND the wasps have learned what it smells like, so they won't rebuild even if you miss some. It needs to be a strong mix for Red wasps, they are...
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    Which chicken breed makes a good indoor bedroom pet?

    I have 1 leghorn Hen, one Brown leghorn rooster, both a fairly mellow, neither will allow you too close and the rooster is a sneaky back-attacker
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    Rooster and older Hen turning mean

    Last year a Bobcat ate my entire flock except for one hen. I have raised a new flock and slowly let the older hen get used to the new chicks. She stepped up and acted like a mom and everyone was happy. I ended up with 4 roosters and Re-homed 3 keeping the smaller one since he was the right size...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

    We use the deep litter method, using straw and the floor covering. It starts out at about 6 inches deep and in a year is about a foot deep. The Hen house smells great (just like chickens, not their poop). I clean off the roost bars every morning while looking for eggs. Well I used to before that...
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    Bobcat in the daytime

    I have just had a Bobcat eat my entire flock in 4 months! It even took on 20 feet away from me at around 9:30 in the morning! I would be very concerned. Once he took the first chicken, my flock that had been safe for over a year became his fast food stop. Since I have yet to get the bobcat, AND...
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    Flock eaten by a Bobcat, one survivor. Now what?

    We started with 8 free range chickens (2 Dominickers 2 Americana's and several of questionable breeding) and one Bard Rock rooster. Over the past 4 months a Bobcat has Decimated the flock. Killing one 20 feet from me while I was letting them out for the day. Well 2 days ago he got my Rooster...
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