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    Bear Flipped over coop

    Omg! I'm so sorry. Raising Chickens for that reason is the hardest part. The predators seem to always win. Our chicken yard is so ugly with all the wire wrapped around it. Something could get in if they really tried. So frustrating.
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    4 Week old Chicks BLOODY STOOLS. Need help!

    UPDATE First day I gave the sickest chicks a direct dose dropper of .10ml and then in the water and fresh bedding everyday for 5 days all the chicks seem fine. I didn't loose any of them but still keeping them separate from my other flock until 100% sure.
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    Silkie Chick with Bloody Stools

    Yes mine are in a sectioned off part of the chicken yard since getting their adult feathers. They aren't free range yet. Not until they are familiar with the hutch and are mature enough and friendly enough to follow me back. They also have 4 other adult chickens to get along with so I keep them...
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    4 Week old Chicks BLOODY STOOLS. Need help!

    Thanks for the update. I never knew about doing the soils etc to get them used to it. I've been raising chicks for 10 years never have I done it. But this is the first time mine come down with something.
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    4 Week old Chicks BLOODY STOOLS. Need help!

    Did you treat them with Corid? If so did it work did you end up losing any chicks? Please let us know because I just discovered yesterday bloody stool and 1 lethargic chick I started treating them all with Corid day 2 now 3 of them seem lethargic the first one seems more so. Please update your...
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    Silkie Chick with Bloody Stools

    Did it help? My 12 week old chicks have it. I read use Corid and only on day 1. Now it seems 3 of the six look sick. I feel helpless. Please let us know if it worked? I'm also concerned that my dog can get it from walking into the pen? UGH
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    Wintering the Girls

    It just started getting into 40's at night late Oct. My girls must be prissy because they dont want to even leave the coop since loosing feathers and the rain. They really seem unhappy.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    Found him a home didn't take more than a week. Funny though how people answer ads, say they will come by today or now and never show up. At least this guy did.
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    Easter Egger Sexing "tips and tricks" *Pictures Included*

    I wish I read these before I bought mine at a couple weeks old. I wanted one of each color so I could tell them apart...well now I have a rooster. He started crowing one morning at about 3 1/2 mo old he is white, tall and proud also growing a comb. I would love to keep him but I can't so looking...
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    Keeping your flock safe from predators

    It's August now. My sad hen made a full recovery. I still have all 3 girls and lock them up at night now. I also have bought 5 more chickens they are 4 months old and nearly the same size as my large Rhode island reds. I started them in my shed with the heat lamp and moved them into the big pen...
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    When do you let them venture outside?

    I have 4 month old chicks, I also have 3 year old chickens. I can't remember when I let them out to free range? I think when I did I coaxed them back to the pen in the evening with mealy worms. Has anyone else had experience with whether the chicks will automaticly stay in the fenced yard and go...
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    Keeping your flock safe from predators

    Ok, I just checked her head to toe and see nothing. She's walking around the yard slowly not keeping up with the other chicks and not eating although I did see her drink some water. Maybe she's just sore from fighting? Maybe strained something? She's very mellow and slow and not really eating. I...
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    fox attack during broad daylight while I was outside!

    I have lost 2 hens recently to what I believe is Raccoon...not sure. I have a hen house and 5' fenced in hen yard but that does not stop the Raccoon from climbing over and trapping my hens in their hen house. So now....UGH I have to go out every evening and not only make sure my hen run gate is...
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    Keeping your flock safe from predators

    Oh I was super mad yesterday! And I did put out a raccoon trap last night but nothing so far but I will keep trying. Ive had my girls for over 3 years now this is the first year Ive lost any of them. The first year I had a netting over the entire pen but after awhile it collected leaves and...
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    Keeping your flock safe from predators

    I recently lost 2 of my 5 Rhode island reds. The first disappeared without any sign the second just the other night and clearly was dragged over my 5' wire fence and taken away. I feel now that even though I went to great lengths to provide shelter and what I thought was a secure fenced chicken...
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