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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2021

    Here is poor Mildred earlier this Fall. Should have taken a video to capture her staggering around like a drunken sailor. Thanks to folks on this site whose posts reassured me she wasn’t dying!
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    Lower rung chickens want to sleep in run

    Aart- Hard to imagine sweet quiet Violet as top of the flock but perhaps she was a quiet leader! I have set the door to close later in the evening and will see if that makes a difference. Ridgerunner- encouraging to hear yours sorted themselves out. I will be patient. My coop is definitely...
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    Lower rung chickens want to sleep in run

    Flock is a mix of 1, 2 & 3 year olds. “Problem” hens are 1 & 2 year olds. Once they are all inside there is definitely an issue with all wanting to be on the top roosting bar. After a week of me watching and scolding it seems to be getting a bit better. I will try setting door to close later...
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    Lower rung chickens want to sleep in run

    I have 11 chickens (used to have 12, story follows) with a 4x8 multi-rung coop and a 20x20 run. Coop has an auto door which is set to close around dusk, before it gets really dark. Set up has worked great for 3 years. A week ago I realized that 4 chickens were sleeping on a roosting bar under...
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    Injured chicken/weasel attack questions

    Agreed. New run will be 20x25 all hardware cloth which I hope will be fine for my now 12 birds? Hiring job out since I am a sixty year old lady and save my bad back back for all my gardening projects! So hard to find people to do random jobs. Guy has been saying he’d build it since the summer...
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    Injured chicken/weasel attack questions

    Ok thanks. Everyone is locked up in runs. When I have time later today I will clean up Bernadette and bring Penny and Amy inside for sleepover. Then i’ll bait my trap!
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    Injured chicken/weasel attack questions

    I had four 13-week old chickens living outside in a small coop/run adjacent to my main chicken run until ready to integrate into main flock. This morning I found one dead and another slightly injured and traumatized from what I think was a weasel. Brought injured bird inside as it is freezing...
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    Reintegrating injured hen into flock

    Thanks for this link! Very helpful article.
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    Reintegrating injured hen into flock

    I am encouraged that there is a chance they will remember her! I have a sweet small Orpington who is at the bottom of the pecking order (although she seems oblivious to her status and continues to try to run with the larger mean girls and consequently has a small bald spot on the top of her...
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    Reintegrating injured hen into flock

    My sweet Brahma has been recovering from a raccoon attack indoors for several weeks. She has been on antibiotics, painkillers, eye drops and a steady diet of mealworms to get her to eat! She seems to finally be doing better although she is probably blind in one eye. Seems like she might be...
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    Swollen eye-should I find a vet?

    My nine-month old Brahma was injured in a raccoon attack two days ago which killed another bird. She has a gouge on one side of her neck which does not look too deep. I am treating that with Vetericyn Plus. Wound looks ok, although she is holding herself a little cockeyed so I think the whole...
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    Hello, thanks and a question

    Thanks for opinions everyone! Expanding secure run would involve some major land grading as area runs down a slope. Definitely something I may consider down the road, but don’t have time this year. Lazy, nice to connect with another gardener. DH claims chicken coop was just an excuse to...
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    Hello, thanks and a question

    Hi! New chicken mama here. Thanks to this site for all the great information and for everyone who contributes for making my first eight weeks go so smoothly! Decided to register because I need advice. I have a nice big coop (5x10)and a not-so-big (4x20) very secure run within a heavily...
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