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    Chicken Attacked, Now Limps

    A month ago I checked on my flock to find my alpha rooster lying on the ground next to the fence. He was missing some feathers, had his comb dripping in blood, and could not stand on his otherwise unaltered leg. After I gave him some antibiotics and separated him from the rest, I investigated...
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    I'm an enabler.

    Well. I've had avian addicts, but none so avid as those are. If you are sure you don't want to feed them their corn (for monetary, health, or other reasons) then you can attempt to break the addiction. Try mixing a small amount of corn with their feed, perhaps at a 1:8 or so ratio. Half it...
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    new skin growing over roos eye!

    It looks like pterygium of the conjuntiva. Its cause is unknown, but is thought to be caused by constant eye exposure to UV radiation, dust, and humidity. It is a benign tumor, so don't be worried about cancer. However, there is no cheap cure for it. Just keep the area clean, put artificial...
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    question about worms in water

    Your description could be many types of animals in several phyla. Could we have some pictures, please?
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    Mysterious Lack of Eggs

    Naw, none are molting. They are well feathered, active, and otherwise quite healthy.
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    Mysterious Lack of Eggs

    The younger chickens are Araucana hens. I could tell if they laid eggs brcause they are suppose to lay green ones as opposed to the rest of the flocks' brown. If old age is a major factor here, why is it that the four two-year-old hens have ceased as well? Once again in my experience the hens...
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    Mysterious Lack of Eggs

    I have had chickens for about three years now, but I have seen nothing like this. My chickens (three roosters, one three year old hen, four two year old hens, and four eight month old hens who have strangely never laid) ceased laying. I know it's winter and laying slows, but this time it slowed...
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    Methods for keeping water from freezing

    I do not suggest that. Fish require an aerator, water pH neutralizers, nitrate control, and many other things other than food. The fish's waste would be detrimental to the chickens' health, and the fish would die when the water is low. Lastly, crappies do not release antifreeze into their...
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    Unknown Escape Routes

    Thanks so much for your input! As well as keeping the wings clipped, I have raised the fence to 7 1/2 feet. There have been no escapees.
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    Unknown Escape Routes

    I have recently introduced my former coop-and-run chickens to a large fenced in area. They were doing nicely until I found one outside the enclosure. This has kept happening, and I have tried several attempts to solve it. I lowered the fence's lower clearance and clipped the chickens' wings. It...
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    Broody Hen pecking, but not killing, chicks

    One of my hens, Puffy, went broody and hatched only three chicks. So I purchased and introduced six chicks - three days old like the others, but hatched by an incubator. At first they were scared of her and huddled in a corner; so Puffy sat on them to keep them warm. Now she pecks them until...
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