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    Death by Avian Pox (or???)

    I have (well.. had..) 3 one-year-old hens, all laying nicely. They were all out wandering the yard yesterday, looking healthy and normal, all laid eggs yesterday, nothing I can see wrong with poop. This morning, one of them was curled up on the bottom of the coop, head tucked, dead. After...
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    Hi from Oregon!

    I've been reading this amazing repository of knowledge for a couple of months now, since just before I got my three baby chicks- but just now decided I needed to sign in. The ladies (fingers crossed anyway) are a Buff Orpington (queen of cheeps, can't wait until she moves over to clucking)...
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    EXPERT Opinion and Advice PLEASE!!!

    Question about raising the nest box up a foot- will chickens walk under a 1' space? Mine are just 6 weeks right now, so obviously at this point they will... but a full grown Buff Orpington, for instance? Is 1' tall enough to justify the extra construction?
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