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    Help! Loss of feathers

    Wow!! Great info!! We do close windows in the evening and it gets pretty dark where they are but we’ll try getting her out at first sign of light and try separating! Thank you!!!!
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    Help! Loss of feathers

    Not exactly sick gives me some peace of mind for tonight. Thank you!!
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    Help! Loss of feathers

    My husband and I were discussing that today and we are going to try and build an addition to the run this weekend. But not sure how we will fix the coop as of right now. It’s an old playhouse we converted. We will stop with the bread! Yep they love it! Any other advice? Will she get sicker...
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    Help! Loss of feathers

    Hi! Thanks for helping us out! They have a coop that is 4X4 and a run that’s 16x4 and they do get to forage usually 2-3 hours a day on most days. If someone can keep an eye on them bc of some hawks that like to circle us. We feed them nature wise layer feed. Some worms and kitchen veggies and...
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    Help! Loss of feathers

    Thank you for helping... We feed them Nature Wise Layer feed? And mealworms for treats, kitchen veggies and bread/crackers etc. They do get about 2-3 hours of foraging time on most days...we have a 2 hawks that like to fly around so we only do when we can keep a good eye on them. Their run is...
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    Who knew? I love backyard chickens

    Aww thank you!! He loves animals! I actually joined because he (well all of us) are very stressed and worried about one of our girls. I posted a question so hopefully someone can send advice our way.
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    Who knew? I love backyard chickens

    hello! Our son begged for his 11th birthday for some baby chicks to raise. We offered a trampline and he said no. A trip? No. A gaming system? No. So after lots of research he got 6 1 day old chicks. He has done a fine job of raising them and daddy building them a homestead. What I didn’t know...
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    Help! Loss of feathers

    Hello! Please help! My 11 year olds chickens are only 7 months old and started laying about a month now. Within the last few days one of our girls has lost a ton of feathers. I can’t tell if she is pecking herself or someone else is. (No roosters) on Thursday it was one spot now its 3 spots and...
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