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    Comment by 'georgetown chic' in article 'Helping your flock through molt'

    You brought up a good point about nutrition during this time - I think I may have over done the treats for my girls. I let them free range for a couple of hours a day and give them about 2+ cups of scratch (8 hens) and some greens in the evening when I am putting them to bed (closing the coup...
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    Chicken Aggression? Small spaces? Debeaking? AH!

    Thanks for your comments - no, I cannot think of anything that has changed except that the weather has been warmer than usual and then extremely cold and off and on rainy (northern California foot hills). Because of this crazy weather I have not let them to outside coop as much - that might be...
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    Chicken Aggression? Small spaces? Debeaking? AH!

    ok, I realize that if chickens have small spaces, establishing a pecking order, or they are sick or injured they will be aggressive to each other. However, this is what is happening - I have had my 9 girls for about a year and a half - their spaces include a nice size coop with nests/stalls for...
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    chicken feather loss

    Thank you for your info and reassurance - I am new to this wonderful world of chickens and so much to learn. Their coop is pretty much insulated and I have put in a red heating light for our cold nights in the foot hills of northern California - I just don't like that she gets pick on - but I...
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    chicken feather loss

    Thank you so much - helpful info - I will try the scrabbled eggs and worms - I read in one of the reviews to give hard dog food with higher meat protein (I put through the grinder) and she liked it - I have been feeding her separately because she gets chased out of the regular feeding area (ug)...
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    chicken feather loss

    I have a about 9 month old Buff Orpington who is losing all her feathers. None of the other chicken have lost as much - she is basically without neck feathers (small stubs), tail feathers, and some feathers missing on her wings and the rest of her body - a sad sight. Ok, I am new at this and so...
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