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    Lost 3 chickens..help please.

    I wonder whether there is some method of preventing this, other than isolation. Hi, i have been told you can get somthing called 'peck stop' to spray on their behinds if thay are "at risk" but have never used it so not sure if it works, Another possible option is to put a cockeral in with the...
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    Lost 3 chickens..help please.

    Hi, They have an enclosure of around 12' x 14' with 2 houses with enough space for 6 hens in each(have ever only had 7 hens at one time), they are allowed out to free range my paddocks most days. I have learnt that this is a serious habit that ex batt hens pick up..when there in the factory...
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    Lost 3 chickens..help please.

    Thanks, after watching them carefully and speaking to a breeder yesterday, i think i have a serious problem of bullyiny! ! after loseing another hen yesterday (4 in total!) i could see my black rock i have left (who has been doin some hen pecking since the boss died(naturaly) and has become...
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    Lost 3 chickens..help please.

    Hi, i have myhens for about 6 months now so still quite new to it, i had 3 black rocks and 3 ex battery hens, all seemed happy and healthy, 2 wks ago one of my blacks became sleepy and apeared tobe eggbound..we kept her warm and gave her cod liver oil and overnight she seemed to perk up, after 3...
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