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    Please Help! Raccoon Problem!!! Click Here!!!!!!!!

    raccoons are smart and persistent. You can buy a static pet fence and run two strands of wire around the coop at about 4” and 12” from the ground. The raccoons will get a harmless but startling zap when they touch it. So will you, so be careful😂 the unit itself runs around $80 plus wire and some...
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    Tail scabbed + feather loss

    Good idea. I will move the crate into their run. Thanks!
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    Tail scabbed + feather loss

    I've never seen her buddies picking at her, though it is certainly possible. Her body feathers completely cover the wounded area but perhaps the other chickens know the wound is there and keep pecking even though they cannot see it. ?? The wound does look like cannibalism, I must admit. I will...
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    Tail scabbed + feather loss

    Thanks for the detailed response. No flies, no pecking, no maggots, no pus. Just a hard black scab. While I'm new to chickens, I grew up on a farm and have cared for every other type of livestock. Never seen something like this. It's like the entire outside of her tail is covered in this hard...
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    Tail scabbed + feather loss

    Hey, I'm new to chickens. I have five layers who are 9 months old and have been laying great. about 2 weeks ago, I noticed the tail of one drooping heavily. Upon inspection, the entire cone of her tail is like one big hard scab. Vent area seems fine. Other chickens don't pick on her. No sign of...
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