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    Two Adopted Hens Dropped Dead!!

    The chicken wire fence was separate in the far corner of our chicken yard we sectioned off a small area and made a 5ft by 4ft corner with rock border. I've kept it closed off so our RIR can't get in there until I know what to do to ensure nothing is going to be contagious in there for them. My...
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    Two Adopted Hens Dropped Dead!!

    They had a similar set-up as us, maybe a bit more shade from trees. We had them in a dog kennel with plenty of ventilation for the trip and used the same as coop. Lots of air movement, but yes so hot and humid here in south Texas right now.
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    Two Adopted Hens Dropped Dead!!

    No, had a full chicken wire fence between them.
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    Two Adopted Hens Dropped Dead!!

    Not close at all, completely separated by chicken wire and rocks. The 4 RIR are also only 13 weeks old, significantly smaller than the Orpingtons.
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    Two Adopted Hens Dropped Dead!!

    Less than 24 hours after adopting 2 one year old English Orpington hens, we ran some errands this afternoon and come home to find them both dead 😩. No injuries, plenty of water, food and shade, but both just dead!! We had them separated in our run from our other chickens so they could slowly get...
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    Hello

    Hello, we are saying hi from the Gulf Coast of Texas! I had chickens growing up, but haven't had any in YEARS! My husband, daughters and I just got our new chicks to start our journey in backyard chickens. We have 6 RIR female chicks right now! We can't wait to watch them grow and eventually...
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