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    Something is digging holes everywhere around the coop!!

    I just googled rat poop out of curiosity and the poop that I saw, looks just like what I see online. GROSS!! I had heard from some of the neighbors that a house right across the street from me has a crap load of rats out front of their house lurking around. What I feared may be true which is...
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    Something is digging holes everywhere around the coop!!

    Hi everyone - so I'm hoping that someone might be able to give me some kind of idea of what might be lurking around at night and digging a number of holes in the ground all around the coop. At first, we only noticed a couple of holes that looked like something was trying to get into the chicken...
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    Help! My chicken are dying :/

    bobbi-j ... thanks. I haven't seen any signs of worms, not in the coop nor their poop and nothing visible that I could see on them. So I more than likely will not worm. The eggs we've been getting from them as well all have seemed to be quite fine.
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    Help! My chicken are dying :/

    Mrs K - I appreciate your feedback. I too, think it could be a case of old age. I'm really not sure how long the previous owners had these chickens but there's a neighbor close to me who apparently, got chickens from the same place and time frame as the chickens we have now. So, I think...
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    Loss of feathers - is this normal?

    thanks justplainbatty! No roosters in the group but possibly from other hens.
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    Loss of feathers - is this normal?

    I was wondering if this was normal with chickens. Not sure what could cause some of the feathers to appear missing but I also do not know if this means it's a problem or not. Attached are some photos of one of my chickens. I've looked at all of my other chickens double checking for this and...
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    Help! My chicken are dying :/

    Honestly Outpost JWB - I have no idea what it means to worm chickens. I am new to anything dealing with taking care of chickens. Some of them will allow me to touch/pet them while others are used to seeing my face but perhaps are not yet that comfortable with me touching them yet. I feed...
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    Help! My chicken are dying :/

    The pic I used was one I found online to give an idea of the chicken that died. However, my chicken that died - her legs weren't that yellow as in the pic. No strange poop, nothing runny, no sneezing or watery eyes. I thought that I might have seen a very small smudge of faint red on a very...
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    Help! My chicken are dying :/

    I am still pretty new to taking care of chickens as they were inherited with the house we purchased a few months ago. I am still not certain on which types of chickens I have other than the silkies. The others seem to be hens of course. About a month ago, one of my hens was found dead in the...
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    Pros and Cons for using sand

    Thanks ADozenGirlz for your feedback. I've visited your blog for helpful ideas on a few things as I am a first time backyard chicken owner. I remember reading your post about using sand and the benefits of it. I also live in New England and with this being my first time taking care of...
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    Chicken feeders ...

    I have 5 hens which look full grown - unsure of their age as I inherited them from a previous owner. I also have 5 silkies. Some of them will eat a little from it but thinking that they will see others eat from it, I thought they'd all follow suit but not really.
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    Poop maintenance question

    thanks for your response and advice MNTGIRL35! appreciate it. I was thinking the other day if gravel/sand would help but wasn't sure how manageable it would be to clean but from your response, it doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. I must give it a try. I rather them walk on that mixture...
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    Chicken feeders ...

    I think that my chickens are used to eating their food off the ground which is fine with so long as the dirt is very dry and clean for the most part. We've had a few rainy days back to back here in MA which is weird for the month of October and its caused a little muddy situation but anyways...
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    Poop maintenance question

    Hi everyone - I'm very new to caring for backyard chickens. I inherited them from the previous owners of a house I just purchased. I have 5 hens and 5 silkies. I have been looking so many things up on the internet in search of good advice as I am really just learning how to care for them. So...
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