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    First attack, any ideas?

    Update: i found out it is a hawk, so i went out and bought a cheap battery powered airsoft bb gun machine gun, nothing thats gonna hurt the hawk. Everytime it shows up i get it a few times and its gone for the day
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    First attack, any ideas?

    Happend literally right outside the coop door
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    First attack, any ideas?

    Oh, she just now told me the head was on the whole other end of the run which is a good 20-30 foot away
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    First attack, any ideas?

    Whatever it is, it got my wifes favorite baby so it will be terminated to prevent future issues
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    First attack, any ideas?

    My wife walked up on this around 2pm, i let my birds out at around 9am and i left for the day and my wife left for a couple hours to run errands, it was kinda weird, i thought it was a hawk at first but i saw part of the top of my chicken wire was bent up a little, but if a big hawk landed on...
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    First attack, any ideas?

    Ok so i was gone today doing some side jobs when i checked my phone and see 8 missed calls from my wife and these two pictures...something got my poor girl Koy today...i dontnhave any better pictures and i didnt get to see the body because she buried it before i got home but can anyone give me...
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    First attack, any ideas?

    Ok so i was gone today doing some side jobs when i checked my phone and see 8 missed calls from my wife and these two pictures...something got my poor girl Koy today...i dontnhave any better pictures and i didnt get to see the body because she buried it before i got home but can anyone give me...
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    Pullet layed an egg

    Yes, you should be fine putting them in with bigger chickens, they might argue a little bit but they will settle in
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    Roost bar pecking

    My coop is 14' long by 10ft wide and here is how i have my roost bars set up, not the best picture but you can kinda see it, after i set the bars a little straighter ill add a 3rd one innthe middle, all 3 are 10ft long, in theory i should be able to have upwards of 26+ hens roosting comfortably...
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    Pullet layed an egg

    Bantam breed? I didnt see your other post to see what kind of bird it is but if they said it was a bantam breed, they stay pretty small, iv got 2 bantam silkie crosses 7 months old and they are as big as 3 month old brown leghorns, silkies look bigger because they are fluffy but if you grab...
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    2 month old leghorn sneezing

    Ok,cool he has started to do this dry heave looking thing where he opens his mouth and extends hist neck upward as far as he can.. At this point im about to findnthe nearest vet whick is probably over 100 miles away that deals with chickens
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    2 month old leghorn sneezing

    Ok so i have 4 leghorns around 2 months old give or take a week, one of my roos has been sneezing starting last night, so i put some vet rx on him and i went today and got some tylan 50 and gave him 1/2 cc of it orally and he took it down no problem andngave him some more vet rx, i did see him...
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    How do I deter foxes in broad daylight?

    Im not gonna lie, id trap it, load it up in the night and drive hours away to release it lol only illegal if you get caught, but seriously, best option is to lock them up, this is going to sound weird... but human urine helps too, its a human scent they dont like and stay away from, yes iv tried...
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    Battery hen adoptions in northwest indiana?

    Does anyone know of a battery hen rescue group in northwest indiana? I did some reading up onnthe sunject and id really like to adopt a few hens and rehab them into normal chickens. I just recently started a small flock of birds with store bought chicks, but id much rather rescue if i could...
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    My Flock has been possibly exposed.

    If your friend just started a flock, the sneezing could be from their new environment, different bedding from what they were used to, dusty coop, stress from environment change, my two silkies have a problem with the dust from their bedding once in awhile and they were sick when i took them from...
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