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    Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

    I want to thank everyone for their help and give an update! Our last girl responded well to the mirror but not the the stuffed animal so I took it out of the coop. On Thursday we got more started pullets from Murry McMurray and our girl immediately perked up when she heard the new birds in the...
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    Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

    Thanks for the suggestion of the mirror. I think this is a great idea!
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    Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

    We have 1/4 inch hardwire cloth which is stapled down with inch long staples. I will be adding screws and washers to secure it further. We have cinder blocks buried in the ground to prevent digging. It's hard to see in the pictures but the dogs dug all around the coop before breaking the egg box...
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    Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

    One looks like a labradoodle and the other might be a malamute mix, not sure. We've spoken with the owner and he's agreed to pay for us to repair the coop and all the fees to replace the chickens. What's worrisome is they use an electric fense and I've heard these dogs have a history of...
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    Dog Attack - Possible Shock - Need Advice

    I just started my backyard flock this past July so I'm still pretty new to poultry keeping. 4 days ago 2 of my neighbors dogs broke into my chicken coop and killed some of our hens. We had 7 total, 3 were found dead in our yard, 1 is missing (I'm assuming it's dead too), one died the night of...
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    Bubbles in Eyes

    I got her as a day old chick from Meyers Hatchery (she's just over 15 weeks old). The end of September we got some started pullets at a poultry swap and kept them separated for 4 weeks. We didn't notice any issues so we combined the birds. That was 3 weeks ago. Is there anything else I should...
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    Bubbles in Eyes

    Also, I've now noticed the same stuff in her nose. She also has an airy sounding sneeze cough thing going too.
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    Bubbles in Eyes

    Went out to check on my chickens this morning and one of my girls has what I think is discharge coming from her eyes... it looks like bubbles. Ideas on what this is? She's walking around with her flock mates and seems aware, acting normal. None of the other birds have this. Thanks!
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    Silkie Chicken Sneezing/Coughing and Not Moving Around

    Hi Everyone! I need your help. Last weekend we got a silkie chicken at a poultry swap. I'll admit now that I didn't ask anything about the breeder. I didn't get his information or even ask where he was from. My daughter was ecstatic there were silkies available and people were swarming all the...
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    Guess the chicken!

    Its probably too early to tell still, but I'm not known for my patience! Here is a picture at week 1, MM is bottom right corner
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    Guess the chicken!

    Time for everyone's favorite game: Guess the Chicken! Here are some pictures of our 6 week old mystery chicken we got from Meyers Hatchery. Can anyone give us some ideas on the breed? When she was a day old chick, she looked like the classic all yellow chick. She started to feather out and...
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    When to handle new chicks?

    Thanks everyone. More detail: I'm looking for ways to get the chicks accustomed to us. So really, I'm looking for suggestions on socializing the flock with us. Our family is really excited to have chicks now, but I don't want to traumatize them with our excitement. (PS-Can you tell this is my...
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    Yay, Baby Chicks!

    Thanks for the info! My father-in-law said the same thing. We're keeping our fingers crossed we got all females, as I don't think I'm ready to take on a roo yet!
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    When to handle new chicks?

    Suggestions on when to start handling our new baby chicks for socializing them? I've read so many conflicting accounts. We have one chick (Black Australorp) that has no problem being handled. She just hangs out in my hand and sometimes falls asleep. Our Buckeye wants nothing to do with us...
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    Maryland Poultry Swap & Farmers Market - Southern Maryland Edition

    Very excited for this! We went to the Sharpsburg one in April before we started our flock. My 8 year old daughter is hoping to bring home a Silkie and bunny that day :)
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