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    Five of my birds were euthanized - looking for opinions.

    Yup. I was misinformed and too scared to reach out, thinking she, with all this experience, must have been correct when saying that they would be taken and killed if the pox was found out. I was too late in figuring it out.
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    Five of my birds were euthanized - looking for opinions.

    Yes, I did a lot of things wrong in this. I should not have believed her & I should have come here. My best friend is a Vet Tech and I was even afraid to talk to her about it, because I honestly believed that this "nurse" knew what she was talking. I didn't want to put my best friend in the...
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    Five of my birds were euthanized - looking for opinions.

    I can't adequately express how upset I am with my self right now. I got 16 hens in May, and had wanted them for a long time. Half were 1 & 1/2 years old and the rest were three to four months old. A mix of breeds. They are my girls and I love them. One Coronation Sussex ended up being a...
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    Maine

    Wow! So sorry! This is so scary. Did any of your girls come back??
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    Maine

    Congrats! It must be so devastating to lose all those girls. Hopefully you can have a long break from that unneeded drama.
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    Maine

    I was thinking of doing the same thing, but we have way too may Birds of Prey for that. So, we will make a tractor type, fully enclosed run, with hardware cloth (that we can just keep moving to fresh areas in the field).
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    New Member & very thankful for this site!

    Thank you redsoxs, N F C and Teila! And I will have to build with bears in mind, because we have them on our property. Also have some lynx in the general area - al lot of woods. I think the moose and deer won't be a problem, which is good because we have a ton of those on our property.
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    New Member & very thankful for this site!

    Thank you so much! I really have missed having them. I will def check out the state thread and the coops section.
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    New Member & very thankful for this site!

    Hello - I do not yet own chickens, but I can't wait! I love this site so much! I hope you guys never get sick of hearing that from new members. Your insight and experience, along with your willingness to share that wealth of information is fantastic! I'm in my fifties now...
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