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Moving Chicken from sea level to 7200 ft elevation
Hello everyone: Our family is moving to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado from South Florida and I want to bring my chicken. We will be driving so I was thinking the elevation will be fairly gradual. However, the elevation sickness tends to occur after 3 days if it occurs at all and the...- MichelleRDN
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Our Big Girl Laverne Died
I think it could have been a heart attack. The dog would have been alerted if all the girls were stressed from a predator.- MichelleRDN
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Our Big Girl Laverne Died
There was no blood that my husband reported. Just some missing feathers on her back. It's hard to tell who's laying what because they all lay in the same bin, even though they have three to choose from. They seem to rotate which bin they will use. About a year ago she was sitting in the bin on...- MichelleRDN
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Our Big Girl Laverne Died
When my husband went out to our coop yesterday morning our big Australorp Laverne was dead. She was only 1 year and 5 months old. She had some feathers missing from the middle of her back, she was stiff, with her feet sticking straight down, laying flat. We have no idea how she died. Our...- MichelleRDN
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