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    First Dead Chicken

    Sorry to hear. I also had this happen about 2 weeks ago with a Jersey Giant, 11 months old. Also in the dust bath area. Fine one minute, dead the next. I did clean out and sterilize the coop just in case (and it needed it anyway) but the other chickens look fine so far.
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    1 year old chicken died out of the blue - any ideas?

    We just had an almost 1 year-old Jersey Giant hen die, it seemed to us out of the blue. She was fine one minute, dead the next, no animal attack involved, not sick as far as we could tell. We have 2 other hens, both Barred Rocks that seem fine so far. Their coop was a little dirty but not too...
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    Can chicks get depressed?

    Thanks for your help everyone! We decided to go ahead and get another chick yesterday, so now there are 2 of each breed. Not sure how the dynamics are going to work out between them all yet, but things do seem to be a bit less cliquey. However, I think the one that was originally left out is...
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    Can chicks get depressed?

    We have only had our little chicks for 2 days and I am totally obsessed. We have 3, 2 of the same breed (barred rocks) and one different one (jersey giant). The jersey looks healthy and is eating but seems left out and kind of sad. The other 2 definitely hang out together and I'm wondering if...
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