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    Please help identify this predator

    Whatever it is did come back and all but one hen are now gone. The sun was hardly up when we got out there this morning, so whatever it was was waiting for them. None had heads, one body was down to just the bones, one was intact and the others had their bowels around the yard. It was a...
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    Please help identify this predator

    I definitely thought it could be a dog, but the carcasses had been eaten on. Mostly the “chest” areas were missing, which made me consider raccoon, but one had an entire breast intact but pulled out, so I wonder if it happened just before my husband got up and him coming out to start his truck...
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    Please help identify this predator

    Thank you. My husband suggested a game cam too. We are home the next few days, I’ll let our dog out more frequently, that will probably help too. Gosh, it’s just such a big loss - we only had 11!
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    Please help identify this predator

    I’ve been searching articles and some threads, but I can’t quite figure this predator out. In the spring, we were having trouble with our birds disappearing. We assumed we had a hawk problem, so we partially covered the area and that has helped tremendously. When this was happening, the whole...
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    Lost a girl 💔

    hi friends. When I went out to give our girls treats today, I only counted 5 hens and when I went to find out missing lady, I found her body in the non-secured side of our barn-turned coop. I am so heartbroken. Last night was the only night I’ve ever not checked to count all 6 were in the coop...
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    6 Months - No eggs

    You guys!! I came home from a weekend away for work and made a pass through all the hens areas and found these! They were not there on Friday, but today it seems one of our ladies has gotten the memo! All of their combs and wattles are coming along, but one is redder than the others, I’m just...
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    6 Months - No eggs

    Thank you! I will change their feed up!
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    6 Months - No eggs

    Hello chicken-friends! I am perplexed by my ladies and I am wanting to find some suggestion or solidarity if you wouldn't mind please and thank you! We have 6 girls, all born in May and they should be 24 weeks (6 months) as of yesterday. We have 2 Color Pack, 2 Buff Orphington, 1 Golden...
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    Color Pack Sexing

    Thank you so much! We were hoping for some kind of bird with "fancy feathers"! We've loved having these birds so much, but my husband really doesn't want any Roos, so if we can avoid the conflict altogether, that would be beneficial! I appreciate your insight!
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    Color Pack Sexing

    Hello! Greetings from our cold and rainy June here in Oregon (hence why these ladies are still in their nursery in the garage!). We have 7 week old Color Pack chicks (purchased from Wilco) and I haven't been able to find a ton of information on them online, and I am curious as to if these two...
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    Are my chicks little piggies or is this normal?

    Thank you! That was the numbers I couldn’t quite find. I haven’t seen a ton of feed in their shavings, but they had a big growth spurt this week and I haven’t changed it all out since Monday. They are pretty cramped in their current container, so I ordered a new brooder with more space and I’ll...
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    Are my chicks little piggies or is this normal?

    I am trying one of these because they kept standing on and pooping in the longer ones (I can go back to that one though). I fill up the circle part and then fill up a standard mason jar. The 5 pound bag of feed is half gone and I opened it Friday. So, I suppose that would equal out to 6 chicks...
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    Are my chicks little piggies or is this normal?

    I don’t think so. They are supposed to be an Australorp, a GLW, two Color Packs and two Buff Orphingtons.
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    Are my chicks little piggies or is this normal?

    Good morning! I'm 3 weeks into owning chicks (we have 6 babes!) and I'm noticing that this week they are eating like crazy! My first bag of feed (Manna Pro Medicated Starter, 5 lb bag) lasted 2 weeks, but I think the new bag I just bough will maybe only last a week! I filled their feeder...
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    Wyandotte Type and Chick Ages

    Video wouldn’t load, but that’s ok. Here is the best pick I have showing the “color packs” and our Australorp. Dinosaur is next to the two Buff Orphington’s and is quite bigger, but that may be difficult to tell in this photo.
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