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    Whole flock gone

    ya, weird. I didn't see ANY answers. Maybe y'all have changed your format? Or my browser is out of date? (Chrome, it says "no update needed" but who knows...) but I could not see ANY replies. Also, the email indicating that someone had "just posted" this question showed date to be from today...
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    Random death

    The egg-bound guess is a good one. However, I found a few years ago out that chickens can't vomit. (who knew?!) So one must be especially careful about giving them rancid meat or dairy products, or anything that could make them very sick. Same for choking. So, given that, something like a...
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    Whole flock gone

    I'm surprised that no one has commented on this yet. FIRST OF ALL, what about this avian flu thing that has been going around? Could it be that? And secondly, when you have an unusual and mass die-off like this, I think one is supposed to call your local agricultural extension office or game...
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    Major attack - is this a bear?

    The size of hole in the hardware cloth... gosh I think it has GOT TO be a bear!?!
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    Major attack - is this a bear?

    I am not an expert, but the claw marks and the size and strength to tear that hole look like a BEAR to me. You need the advice of a tracker. I recommend MOTION SENSOR solar lights, coupled with a motion sense alarm, (and maybe even a motion sensor CAMERA?)
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    9 Week old Pullet, was she picked till bleeding by other birds?

    Thank You!
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    Urban Rural Interface

    Got it!
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    Urban Rural Interface

    I see you are also located in New Mexico! ... bout where? Northern, central or south? What kind of temps do you deal with in midsummer and what are your favorite tricks for keeping the bids cool? And what about incubating and hatching eggs in a too warm & too dry climate?
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    Urban Rural Interface

    Thank You! What are "cockerels" ?
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    Urban Rural Interface

    Hello members, I am a city chick turned homebound rural animal care provider. The older I get the more my home life represents that of an earlier century. Originally, I adopted 6 hens from a client who sold her home to go into assisted living care almost 9 years ago now. Then I tried out my...
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    Letting a broody hen lie...

    That’s interesting. I hadn’t occurred to me but I do have mice around the coop. We don’t seem to have any rats or larger rodents but I’ve always had some mice around. I thought they just came along with chickens I live on a ditch they have a large outdoor area and I think my sir just gonna be...
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    Letting a broody hen lie...

    Yes, this will be the next attempt. As of tonight she is bedded down in the hatching kennel by herself - and all of the other chickens and the rooster are cooped up in the normal larger coop. I took an unfertilized egg, an egg from the refrigerator that I let get back up to room temperature...
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    Letting a broody hen lie...

    I’ve had laying hens and an occasional rooster on and off for the last six or seven years... But recently we got an extraordinarily broody hen and decided to let her sit on her small batch of three eggs. We currently do have a rooster. He mounts most of the hens every morning so I figured that...
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    9 Week old Pullet, was she picked till bleeding by other birds?

    Last week I went out and purchased a mixture of 8 pullets, 2 each Aricana, Buffinton, Rhode Island Reds, and Ausilogs (I think..) plus one 6 week old Rooster, (light beige color, breed unknown but probably a Buffinton.) Anyway, They seem to have been getting along nicely, but a few hours ago...
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