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    Predator took all 5 hens last night! I feel horrible!

    Soooo sorry. I live in town with my chickens now too. Last time i had my whole flock dessimated i was in the country and it was racoons. I have seen plenty of racoons in the city too but so far have been lucky. It take so long to start over. I feel for you!
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    no-shell eggs

    Thanks to both of you. I had thought at one time maybe they were getting too much scratch, but da hubby refused to cut it back because "they like it so much....." Well, maybe that's my whole problem! ;) Thanks again!
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    no-shell eggs

    for the longest time... months.... i have not found an egg from any of my five silver-laced Wyandottes. They are about a year and a half old. I thought something was eating the eggs before I could get them. "something" was..... the chickens! because it seems all of them are laying eggs with...
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    We found a secret love nest.... now we wonder if they're viable eggs?

    Turns out, one of our hens has been laying all her eggs in a secret spot outside the coup and now she's brooding (is that right? she's sitting on them). Its a lovely old grain bin full of old hay and straw. But we're concerned that she may not have had access to them during the night. She's...
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    My poor chickens look just terrible.

    Thanks for all the quick responses. Seems unanimous that its Ruster, the roo. I tried to get my husband to do him in as soon as I realized he was a roo and not a hen, but alas, he just didn't have the heart to do it. Maybe I can find him a home somewhere else. Thanks again.
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    My poor chickens look just terrible.

    I've read several posts about chickens who have lost their feathers -- 3 of my 4 have completely bald backs now and the 4th one looks like she's on her way. The rooster is fine. They've been that way most of the winter -- burrrrr! I treated them several weeks in a row with DE back in January...
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