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    Possible EYP

    No, this lady is going to keep her. I'm just obviously a little bit concerned for her as we had her for 3-4 years. So I'm hoping that the vet is wrong. I was just wondering how soon they could show signs of EYP. She was our pet, but she's now this lady's pet. She loves chickens, and at...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    We don't have rabies over here.
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    Possible EYP

    I recently gave my chicken away to someone. We did have 2 chickens, one died (the vet thought a tumor) back in October time, so we had to have her put to sleep. We aren't going to get any more chickens, so we made sure that our remaining one got lots of free run time in the garden, but then a...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    Sounds like I've got it easy compared to you guys! To be honest, where I live, they probably get plenty of food. This one looks like a healthy fox, about the size of a regular dog. Although he doesn't look quite all there. He was in my garden yesterday, the chicken was away, and I was just...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    The coop is pretty secure, it's just when she's having a run around in the garden that I worry. I saw him early this morning. I was inside and he just ran across my garden into next doors. I mean, don't get me wrong, if he could get my chicken, he would, but he doesn't seem like he's coming...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    I live in the UK. We don't have coyotes or wolves here, well certainly not where I live anyway. The only real predator where I live would be a fox. I live in a town as well. So not countryside, so we don't get many wild animals. I'd say we don't get any apart from foxes and the odd stray...
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    Chicken behaving differently

    I do often wonder if she gets more scared now that she's on her own. It's definitely not ideal having just one chicken - well, for her anyway. That's why I let her out so much because I assume she must get lonely, but this is the last chicken that we're going to own. I'd love to find a new...
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    Chicken behaving differently

    I have one chicken (the other one we had died in around October time, and she's been on her own since). She's seemed fine, we let her out all the time, but the past couple of days, she's been a bit off. She's about 4 years old. She's never been a very good egg layer and hasn't laid eggs now...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    Thanks everyone. I'll go to my brother's house. He has four dogs! Sure they have plenty of fur going spare. I've been letting her run around in the garden and I've sectioned it in half so she runs down the end of the garden that's closest to the house. We have quite a long garden. But I've...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    I don't know what the laws are on killing foxes here, I'm in the UK. I know fox hunting is banned, so I guess it wouldn't be legal. I couldn't do it anyway. I mean cats kill animals for fun but I love cats! Maybe I'll try the bleach thing. We don't have a proper chicken run for her. She...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    I could never kill a fox. I really don't like them, they've had enough of my animals over the time, but I couldn't kill one. It's difficult because we have cats and obviously they like to come and go (we have a cat flap). I'm sure I've heard that men's pee or dog poo can help deter them. No...
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    Is there a way to deter foxes?

    I have one chicken and when I'm at home, I like to let her roam the garden. I often work from home and I have my headphones on, so can't really hear anything going on around me. I haven't really worried up until the last few days because we don't generally have many foxes where I live...
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    Dual posting, but hoping for a quick answer - possible gapeworm

    Hi, thanks for your reply. I just managed to get an appointment with my vets, and they have a bird specialist there. We took her in, she examined her and found a lump low down on her body which she said is probably a tumour. There was a funny smell coming from my chicken as well, so we opted...
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    Chicken won't come out of coop

    I just managed to get an appointment at the vets, as there is one vet there that specialises in birds, and luckily she had an appointment. As soon as we walked in, she said that she didn't think she had long left. She felt around her body and said she could feel a lump, which she thought was a...
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    Dual posting, but hoping for a quick answer - possible gapeworm

    My chicken hasn't been right the past few days, wouldn't come out of her coop today or yesterday. I've tried to give her some water myself by using a cotton bud with water. When I put it in her mouth, a lot of phlegmy gunk came out with what looked like streaks of blood in it. Is that...
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