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    stopped laying

    My 2.5 year old astlorps have stopped laying is this normal are they at the end of there egg laying life and also my 6 9 month old golden comets are only laying a few eggs per week any thoughts wayne
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    losing feather on the neck

    well there was one left with neck feather issues and she has returned to full feathers so im over the hill and the weather has warmed up melissa
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    losing feather on the neck

    ok lost 1 more today and a 3rd was looking bad bloody butt so i put it down. from a distance i dont see anything picking at them it only appears to be my white rocks that are affected i feed scratch grains and layer pellets melissa
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    losing feather on the neck

    im noticing a little lose on the rear of one of the other 2 any thoughts
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    losing feather on the neck

    these white rocks are pretty hardy birds and not really any pecking order i can see when i watch them so im just concerned about them dont want to lose more and i live off of the power grid so giving them heat would be hard. melissa
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    losing feather on the neck

    I have 4 white rocks left out of 5 with 2 of the 4 losing some feathers on there neck the first one that did this died today. the neck is full of hairless stocks it getting pretty cold here now so im worried the one die from cold do to this feather issue. I have 10 black astrolope that are...
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    Having a problem

    yes they are able to see each other every day for the past 2 weeks. The grown chickens roosting place is attached to the youngers coop with chicken wire separating them. Thanks again for the info. Will wait the extra month and a half before letting out the younguns... :-)
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    Having a problem

    Thanks for the quick responses. I have separated the chicken and found one more that they had started to peck at and removed her also. They have not been turned out for free range yet due to the fact that I felt they were still to small to fend for themselves against the cat. I have 6 full grown...
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    Having a problem

    I have 23 Black Australorps in a 12 x14 coop. They are 10 weeks old. The problem I am having is that one of them has absolutely no more feathers on her bum and it is bloody. I found her this way this morning. I also saw other chickens pecking her in that spot before I could catch her. I have...
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