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    losing feathers only on her back?

    I don't think she's molting (sp?) she has been losing feathers only on her back, all the way down to her skin. It'll seem to grow back but then go bare again. All the hens including her seem fine otherwise as do the two silkie roos in the house. What could this be, it doesn't look parasitic...
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    Oh no!!! We came under attack!!!

    Thank you all. I'm starting to put together a first aid kit, better to have it set up just in case. I have the fence buried about a foot in an L shape around the entire enclosure, pretty sure whatever it was climbed over the top, about 11ft high! A better roof is in the works. I am absolutely...
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    Oh no!!! We came under attack!!!

    Oh no....poor little girl. My coop was attacked the other night and we had one casualty. It looks like one of our silkies got into the scuffle too, maybe he tried protecting his girls but he was not strong enough. What a sad sad day :( I've been keeping the coop door open at night so they...
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    We came under attack!!! oh no!!

    Oh no....poor little girl. My coop was attacked the other night and we had one casualty. It looks like one of our silkies got into the scuffle too, maybe he tried protecting his girls but he was not strong enough. What a sad sad day :( I've been keeping the coop door open at night so they...
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    Silkies are crowing! First eggs too

    So we found 5 eggs yesterday morning! We have 2 silkies and 4 red sex links. Not sure who laid them, I would assume it was probably multiple chickens that laid in the same spot, is it possible for one chicken to lay this many overnight??? Also my silkies have both started to crow. Will the...
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