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    Stop Chicken chasing small dogs

    I had three backyard hens that are well behaved. I just recently brought in a new chick and she is close to maturity now. Almost / or is full size. she’s a Brahma she is being excluded and slightly picked on from my girls but they all sleep in the coop together. so the last 30 days she has...
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    Seeds or parasite eggs in poop?

    Are these seeds or parasite eggs? my three chickens seem healthy. I saw some in her poop so I broke it open to investigate. my three girls are Orpington‘s. I did have A hybrid drop dead five days ago. I’ve need extra observant of my other 3 now. Thanks * update.... must be seeds. When I walked...
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    Multiple sudden deaths in young chickens

    I had one a year old drop dead today. I only had four. Free range on a fenced in acre. Plenty of feed, water, grit and calcium and water. Seemed perfectly healthy all week. Only changed behavior is she stopped laying for a week and stopped her submissive squat and letting me catch her easy. No clue
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    Young hen stopped laying for a week and died

    I came home to find my 1 year old hen dead. She was a black star and has only been laying the last 3 months. She seemed healthy and normal. I knew one of my hens stopped laying for a week or so and out of the two I have that lay that color she was the one that would no longer do her submissive...
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    Does it hurt?

    Mine don’t bother my feet. Maybe if I have a little dirt on them I’ll get a little peck. I actually search this topic and found this. It was helpful. Mine are teenagers. I have 4 and fed them since babies. They are over excited about treats and it started off gentle and frantic but now it...
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