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    Chicken with loss of breast feathers

    Should the crop be flat in the morning? Ill have to check that. Light is about 2 hours in the morning before the sun. Darkness right now is about 12 hours. I use commercial layer feed. I also give them greens and fruit (leftover from a local food pantry) every other day. every now and then I...
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    Does anyone in Cook County, IL or Lake County want to help me flip the chicken laws in Buffalo Grove

    I live in Du page county and the town I live in has a very strict chicken ordinance. I want to change our ordinances on the chickens. I am allowed to keep chickens (size of property they are on), but most people can't have them. Here is a link with some good info you can go to the board with...
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    Chicken with loss of breast feathers

    I have a hen that has a bald breast. It has been like this for a few months. The skin is red around the areas. Background, I have 9 RIR that are about a year and a half. No rooster. I never see any bulling, don't think they have molted yet. Live in NE Illinois. Up until the last two weeks...
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    Existing flock attacking new chicks

    I've read and got lots of different advice on the age to introduce them. Half the people say do it around 8 to 10 weeks because they are smaller and will get put in there place faster, and others say wait until they are almost the same size. I can't divide the coop and the run isn't easily...
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    Existing flock attacking new chicks

    I have read several post on this and sorry to add another one, but i need help. I have 9 Rhode Island Reds that are a little over a year old. I am adding 4 Easter Eggers to the flock that are about 9 weeks old. Last weekend I had the new chicks in a cage in the run for 3 days. There were a...
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