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    Egg bound?? Pullet that hasn’t laid an egg yet

    Similar problem here! Dottie, my 17 week old Speckled Sussex was in penguin stance, stiff walk and staying away from the flock for about 2 days. She has not laid yet and neither has my other pullet same age. I took her inside on Sunday 10/30 and tried to feel for a bound egg - didn’t feel it...
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    Chaos in aftermath of fox attack - best housing & care for orphaned 3m old chick/young pullet?

    Thank you so much - here’s the flock, health status and update on where they are: Three mature hens, uninjured: In the coop One injured hen, one injured juvenile and one uninjured juvenile: Outside in an enclosure with me now 👍 I took your advice and scooped up the juvenile that was in the...
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    Severely injured chick from fox attack, then pecked by flock

    So sorry this happened.. How is your young one doing these days? Going through this now too, unfortunately. We had a long three years with zero predator issues so I got complacent and didn’t organize timely coop closure - a fox killed my momma hen and took one of her 3m olds. I posted in...
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    Chaos in aftermath of fox attack - best housing & care for orphaned 3m old chick/young pullet?

    Care of 1 injured hen Phoebe and another 3m old Dotty is going reasonably well, they’re hospitalized since the Tuesday attack in my laundry room. My broody hen Edith was killed, and the fox took the third of her three 3m old chicks, Susanna (I put them under her as day-olds in June). That left a...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    We have a small wood coop w/windows that have shutters, w/an attached pen on the back made of wood frame & hardware cloth. The feed & water are out in the pen, & our winter-hardy mixed flock ranges all but a handful of the worst days. For winter we tack in sheets of styrofoam in the rafters so...
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