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    GRAPHIC - any idea what killed my chicken?

    just to clarify, i'm not trying to be gross but we've gotten accustomed to looking out for foxes but the coyotes might give us a new issue, hence my question
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    GRAPHIC - any idea what killed my chicken?

    Poor girl - she was older but had survived some type of attack about 3 weeks ago, not so lucky this time (we only let our birds out when we are home, it was raining so I guess we couldn't hear the skawking, and I stepped out so it was just my wife around) 99.9% sure fox or coyote - we live in...
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    Testing My Dogs with the Flock

    I feel the same way- a dog in the yard makes a hawk attack less likely. We did have a hawk land once with our former great Pyrenees in the yard tho! But generally speaking anything like that is a deterrent
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    Chicken feathers

    hi - we recently bought 4 new chickens - I didn't look carefully enough or I wouldn't have They are lacking neck feathers, they did lose some feathers in transit but seem to still be losing some (by the appearance of the ground, they actually are looking slightly better than when I first got...
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    Missing neck feathers

    did you ever figure it out? i have the same issue
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    Hard knot on chicken's leg

    thanks - is it normal for the chicken to avoid standing on two legs? She also won't perch - and our perch in the temporary coop is not very narrow (i.e. its not foot related)
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    Hard knot on chicken's leg

    It doesn't move around - its fairly hard. (sorry, for some reason i didn't see the response...I just check back sooner regardless of notifications!)
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    Hard knot on chicken's leg

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    Hard knot on chicken's leg

    Hi thanks. More pics
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    Hard knot on chicken's leg

    We just bought some new chickens and one has a hard knot on its leg. My wife is concerned it might be a cancer. We have 4 new chickens and are keeping them separate from our others to be safe, one of them laid the first day after moving and we are wondering about eating those eggs. Pic...
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