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    We lost a chicken yesterday and are now worried about disease. Please help

    We typically let our chickens free range during the day then pen them up once they go in their coop at night in order to keep them safe. Last night when my husband went out to make sure all of our chickens had gotten in their pen/coop so he could close the door he found a dead chicken in our...
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    How do we get our coop & pen back in shape!?! YIKES

    This winter has been long and wet where we live and our chicken coop and pen have paid the price. No matter how hard we work to keep everything clean it smells horrible! Does anyone have suggestions for us? We try to let them free range as much as possible but it hasn't seemed to help
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    How to prouce rich eggs

    Thank you, I bet that is the problem. We let our chickens out daily but not for very long. We are afraid to leave them out while we go to work incase they venture out to the road. They love the alfalfa in our pasture but I doubt they get enough to make a difference. I will definately try the...
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    How to prouce rich eggs

    Our chicken eggs are good but not as rich as others i have had. Does richness come with age, breed, diet??? We have Red Sex Links and Buff Orphingtons and I don't notice a difference in flavor between the breeds. Any thoughts?
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    My hens are attacking my rooster!

    Thanks, we will give it a try. :)
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    My hens are attacking my rooster!

    I am new to chickens so I am not sure how to handle this problem. I have 20 healthy chickens and 1 healthy rooster that are about 6 months old. None of them have ever been pecked until today. When I went to collect eggs at noon our rooster has a nasty bloody area next to his tail and the hens...
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    Hello :)

    Hello all, my name is Dana and I would have never guessed I would be raising chickens! Not only do I have chickens but I am thrilled that we have them! I grew up on a farm in Illinois, when I was young we were large grain and hog farmers and always kept a few cattle for butchering. By the...
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