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    Review by 'smartwork' in article 'Common Mistakes Poultry Keepers Make (And How to Fix Them)'

    Would add a few things: 1) Take time to pick up your chicken poop inspect it for worms and blood. Then take action immediately, if needed. 2) Get informed on things like "Lash Eggs", vent gleet, soft shelled eggs, bumble foot, water belly, Coccidia, worms, mites, etc. and how to address those...
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    Really watch for predators now

    Thank you - good advice - will contact our game warden (contemplating the gun thing now that we have a flock).
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    Really watch for predators now

    So very sorry for your loss, Mrs. K. It has helped me a lot to read your post as we just lost our matriarch to a very aggressive bobcat - not scared of humans. We are so very sad and miss our lady so much - as do her flock. I've come to realize that free range is not an option for us and we...
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    Really watch for predators now

    So sorry for Mrs. K's loss (I feel her pain having just lost our matriarch to a bobcat while the girls were free ranging just 20 feet from me). So helpful to hear how you are keeping your flock "in" - it's a lot easier to do that if you start that from the beginning versus suddenly taking free...
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