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    Older hen 4 years old having issues?

    She died sometime last night.
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    Older hen 4 years old having issues?

    I have a buff orphington hen that can't move very well and she looks swollen all over. She is in a flock of 21 other hens she has good looking feathers but is going down hill every day. My wife cleaned her vent it was somewhat plugged with manure and the wife cleaned her good with warm water but...
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    Mice and squirrels in the run.

    Hardware cloth for a 25' x 16' run would be really expensive I have the strength with the welded wire the chicken wire is just for making the openings smaller.
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    Mice and squirrels in the run.

    The run.
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    Mice and squirrels in the run.

    I am having an issue with mice and squirrels getting in the run eating food. I use a hanging feeder so the mice eat what the chickens spill on the ground each night while the hens are roosting. I saw a squirrel in the run the other morning in the feeder with the hens present. I would have...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    I will take some close up pictures of the birds and the feather loss areas and post them later. I think the feathers are plucked some from the rooster who is now not with us so his damage should grow back the other plucking is from dominate hens more than one I have witnessed this. I do see new...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    If it was lice or feather mites wouldn't they all have it? Out of 16 hens only about 5 seem to be affected. I have watched the birds pick feathers and eat them the Bared Rock in the picture with the Australorp picked a feather off the chest of the Australorp about 10 seconds after I took that...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    A few more pictures. These are the pictures of the food bank food I have. Date of the oldest bag. Date of the newer bag. This is the feed I buy at the feed store. One of the australorp hens that is missing a bunch of feathers next to one of the ones that picks the feathers Bared Rock...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    I bought some game bird food today and talked to my feed store lady she says her feed is milled the same week she buys it. I checked the dates on the feed I got from the food bank and one says 10/22/16 and the other bag says 2/10/17 so my feed seems to be fresh. I took some pictures to share of...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    I have a feeder filled with 3/16" grit in the run. I use pine shavings in their hen house I change that out when it gets stinky usually every couple weeks. I move the old shavings to the garden and put in new shavings. I get the shavings in bales from the feed store. They get out 2 to 3 days a...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    Hen layer feed.
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    My Buff Brahma rooster /cockerel just died. He was laying under the hanging water jug dead no marks blood or anything obviously wrong. The hens were upset and clucking. He was in the run area so nothing got a hold of him. He was fine 2 hours ago when I filled their feed dish he was eating then...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    I will check the dates. Food Bank Food comes from our local food bank and is donated. It is not always available and I get that food because I donate my eggs to the food bank. I have not been feeding the food bank food for a couple months because it has not been available but I got 100#'s of it...
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    The feed I have is 16% protein from excello and the food bank food says 15% protein. I will look into some different feed in the mean time I have stopped giving the scratch and corn as suggested. I like the idea of mixing in some higher protein feed I will look into that. Thanks Mike
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    Having problemss with my flock. (Rooster Just died)

    The run has perches in the corners they are not shown in the picture. The picture was taken when I first built it and before we added the perches. I checked the bag of food I got from the food bank and it says it is 15% protein. Is there anyway of adding protein to this food? I have about 100#...
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