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    This hawk is making me go insane...

    My hens are free range I've got an assortment of hen breeds a few months back we lost one of the 2 remaining silkies we had to a hawk. We thought it was over because we didn't see it again for a while after I chased after it one morning and spooked it. Well long story short yesterday the huge...
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    Turkey Tom has an odd scabbed bump on his head

    I just looked at it again it's turned yellow and the scab part looks really dark.
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    Turkey Tom has an odd scabbed bump on his head

    One of my toms has a large almost golfball sized lump under his ear that has a large scab on it and a pea sized bump right next to his eye. Any ideas what they might be? He was fine yesterday I don't recall anything on him yesterday. I don't know if he got in a fight with the other Tom or if...
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    I found a mouse in my coup?

    Quote: I have silkies, a Cochin, a Cochin polish mix, Easter eggers, and brahms(I think that's how you spell it?)
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    How do you keep a hen in her yard?

    I'm not sure if she is looking for something in particular or not when she jumps out I find her in different spots. One time she jumped our fence on our neighbors side and had to chase her around the empty lot behind their house and along the water drain ditch between our yards. I'll let her out...
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    Loss of comb color

    He had worms in the beginning of spring I think, they are long gone and I haven't found mites on any of my flock. I just can't figure it out he lays in the sun to warm up and if he's cold he goes into the coup with some hens. So I'm just not sure he hasn't recovered any color since the worms...
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    Loss of comb color

    My roo used to be absolutly beautiful. The brightest red comb and the prettiest blue/purple? Ear holes ever! Then he got sick, he's been cured and it's been a few months, 4-5 I think since then and he still has a sick look to him vet says he's fine as far as health goes but he just isn't as...
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    Toms fighting

    I think they are heritage but I'm not sure. The only difference between the wild toms I've seen and our big boys are that ours make the wild ones look way under fed. Well at least it's not going to be super bad. I just have to remember to keep an eye on them and the sun. Thank you so much for...
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    Toms fighting

    We picked them out from a straight run clutch when they were chicks, thought we got one Tom and one hen but nope two toms. They can't jump at eachother they are two heavy so it's all beak damage my only concern with letting them duke it out is the lower ranking Tom has bad leg had it since we...
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    Toms fighting

    I have two toms they are almost 2 years old, they aren't the genetic best they are just pets, and within 2 days they've gotten into 3 fights. What do I do apart from seperating them 24/7?
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    How do you keep a hen in her yard?

    I've watched her, she uses her legs so she's on lock down till we can build a higher fence. Thanks for advice
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    How do you keep a hen in her yard?

    We did clip her wings. She still jumps out some how. Other then keeping her in lock down and only letting her run the yard when I'm out there doesn't seem fair for her. I don't really want to give her away either but I'm worried with her jumping out all the time that she might get hit by a car...
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    I found a mouse in my coup?

    So far the chickens have been ignoring the pest I think it's a mouse it's a bit to small to be a rat it just looked a little bigger then a mouse. I'll look up the other thread for mouse poison. Thanks for the advice!
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    I found a mouse in my coup?

    I was walking by the coup door today and saw a mouse could be a small rat but I found it in the coup. Should I be worried? Will it hurt my chickens? What do I do?
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    How do you keep a hen in her yard?

    We have a 4 ft fence around our chicken yard and one of my hens hopped it ran to the other 4 foot fence near the street and hopped over that into the magnolia bushes out front, she laid 2 eggs over the fence. she is a brahma I think, how do I keep her in the yard? She has a nesting box non of my...
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