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    whats eating theirs head in daylight???

    I had 9 out of 11 of my hens killed this morning with all their heads missing. Well two of them were actually just plain gone. I thought it was a fox. I thought it was weird that no heads could be found. It creeped us out.
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    Week old chick with poop pasted butt.

    Oh, and yes, there is plenty of water. The light is kind of low, but it is pretty drafty in the room. They seem to want to stay under the light rather than on the perimeter of the trough that they are in so I assume that it's now too hot.
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    Week old chick with poop pasted butt.

    Well, I think she just died. The others are acting ok besides the poop issue. I gave them all a little soak in the sink yesterday, but that stuff didn't want to go anywhere. It is pretty hard. Any tips on that? The little one had it pretty bad and it came on quick. I got them on mail...
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    Week old chick with poop pasted butt.

    We just got our shipment of chicks this week. The smallest one had a but pasted with poop. She is now acting blind and stumbling into everything. I separated her from the rest, but I noticed a few others have poop starting to collect on them. Any ideas of what to do?
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    What does Broody hen mean?

    What does it mean if they a description of a breed says they have a single broodiness? Does that mean they only go through it 1 time? My orpington became broody, but she never got mean. We would just lift one side of her and look for an egg. She stopped now though.
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    Feather pulling

    A couple of weeks ago we noticed that our hens were all missing feathers on their backs and butts. We thought it could be mites, or feather pulling. Well, I found the feather puller. I caught her in the act of attacking 4 other hens. I noticed she is the only one without bald patches. I have...
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    Sick chicken????

    I found the feather puller. I caught her in the act of attacking 4 other hens. I noticed she is the only one without bald patches. I have separated her from the rest, by putting her my laundry room in a dog crate. Now what? Do I keep her there and then reintroduce her after a period of...
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    Sick chicken????

    Well, I guess we don't need to worry about her anymore... A fox got her. just working on feather fixing the others.
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    Sick chicken????

    Thank you. We'll try all of this. She is also, pulsing. Could she be egg bound?
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    Sick chicken????

    What do you do for mites?
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    Sick chicken????

    Hi, my name is Kelly and I am a first time chicken owner. we have 15 chickens. (Plymouth Rocks, Buff Orppingtons, Rhode Island Reds and 1 white leghorn.). we have a few concerns that have come up. We noticed that all of them are getting bald spots and have witnessed a few eating the...
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