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    To Catch a Chicken

    I have used a long handled fishing net for years. This makes it easy to catch them day or night. The reach of the net keeps me physically away from them so they don’t panic so quickly. I put the net over them, immediately flip them (feet up)over and they usually stop freaking out almost...
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    Okay, so instead of keeping her alone we should add one of the friendly/ timid birds in the separate coop with her while she recovers? Also, to mix up the pecking order we were considering removing the one doing the bullying when we reintroduce her to the original coop. Good idea? We were...
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    Okay, thanks for the tip! I figured that since they were so small that would have been ample room but maybe not...
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    Also, the incident did not happen during roosting time. One bird in particular seems to pick on her but they all ignore her and stay together while she is alone most of the time.
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    Okay I'm going to try to answer questions. The coop is 4ft x 4ft and 3ft tall with a run that is 4ft x 8ft and 4ft tall. There are 3 separate roosting perches totaling about 10 ft in length. There is however only 1 feeder and 1 watering can. The incident took place in the run though, which is...
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    This happened in less than an hour... ☹️ poor thing...
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    We did remove her because we honestly felt so bad for her and were scared that they would injure her further or even worse.
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    Little Bullies. Help!

    I posted on here a couple weeks ago about an eye problem with my little road island red. We thought she had an eye infection but then we were told it might be bullying. We got her out of the coop for about a week while we nursed her back to health. She made a full recovery and we reintroduced...
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    Eye Trouble! HELP!

    I think she's around 3 or 4 weeks old. And we are praying for girl not a boy!!
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    Eye Trouble! HELP!

    My wife just found a picture of when we first got her. Looks like a small bump in the corner of her eye.
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    Eye Trouble! HELP!

    Yeah, we were wondering the same thing about some possible chick on chick crime going on that we didn't see.
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    Eye Trouble! HELP!

    My wife and I added four new chickens to our flock about 2 weeks ago and we are having an issue with our little Rhode Island Red. We noticed about 5 days ago that one of her eyes was red and swollen almost completely shut. After some research online we found that Tylan could be used in small...
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    Help Calming chicks down!

    Thank you guys so much for all the info!
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    Help Calming chicks down!

    Thanks for the fast response! I've seen some videos online of chicks that seem really docile. I was just wondering why ours weren't that way. Thanks again!
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    Help Calming chicks down!

    My wife and I are brand new to raising chickens. We have had our first flock for less than 3 weeks and they are about 18 days old. When we first got them they were a little skittish but now they seem to freak out every time we make the slightest move around them. Should we be handling them more...
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