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    My one chicken kept pecking itself today found it covered in blood all over its back/butt…. And only one with a bloody beak was herself

    Omg thank you I’ve been thinking n thinking like what could I use to block it I was looking into cone of shame for chickens (the dog cone ) then seeing if a chicken diaper would cover up her back enough n totally forgot about the saddle…. Thank you idk like how I didn’t think of that like duh …...
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    My one chicken kept pecking itself today found it covered in blood all over its back/butt…. And only one with a bloody beak was herself

    Coops pretty cramped currently we moved and illegal to own and have to slowly sneak them back home like I did at old place when city left a warning but have pigeons now to disguise the chickens coop as a pigeon loft lol neighbors don’t care but inspector keeps finding reasons to return to the...
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    My one chicken kept pecking itself today found it covered in blood all over its back/butt…. And only one with a bloody beak was herself

    Not a prolapse injury was above vent not the vent itself
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    My one chicken kept pecking itself today found it covered in blood all over its back/butt…. And only one with a bloody beak was herself

    Help! So I’ve caught her making herself bleed by pecking before at first I thought she was being bullied but I put blue kote on the wound and next thing I know her own beaks blue I thought she had stopped though and today I found her like title describes she had mites in the past but I sprayed...
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    Illinois- Leyden township area

    I am in that area luckily neighbors haven’t gotten pissed off by my noisy hatchlings or screaming hens before they lay or when the rooster crows depends on your neighbors keep in mind if you or neighbors get work done on house the inspector will come
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    Silkie and a d’uccle?

    Were you asking what the offspring of these two would be? I literally hatched one this am …. My Silkie is same color (but her mother was a paint) and her dad a frizzle. So they may vary bc of their different recessive genes but when chick finishes drying off I’ll send pic
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    The chicks All are still doing well none seemed to have caught it I threw out and replaced all the feed 2 more hatched since this pic one a week later and one today
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    Lost my rooster and the other sick hen closest place I could get the meds was over an hour drive one way I brought them with cause it was cold and rainy out and wanted to get the meds In them asap after rooster passed this morning :/ I can’t remember the last time I cried like that it’s illegal...
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    Thank you soo much this makes sense at the time I couldn’t place the smell just thought that type of feed smelled wierd but I knew that smell it was mold
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    Come to think of it the bag of feed I bought smelled dampish when I opened it
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    Intro

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Some what new I had ducks years ago and after 3 years raccoons killed them (wasn’t sure at the time what did it I thought random dog or cat so years later got 3 chicks and the raccoons ripped right into thier enclosure and killed...
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    Also it wasn’t a bad molt bc she still has a bald head from rooster mating with her so she never molted they just thought she was cause her feathers got all matted in a way i bathed her in Epsom salts (when I thought she was egg bound ) and got those feathers out her butt ones had stuck poop...
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    Please help flock suddenly very I’ll lost one hen already

    3 nights ago after getting home from work I let my chickens out to run around the yard they came out and some slept I didn’t think too much of it bc it was later than usual and I thought it’s kind of abnormal but I’m also home much later than usual, next day I knew something was wrong my rooster...
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