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    Please help sick chick!

    I did feed them all and have them drink before giving to hen, they came in at 7am and I kept them until the night. Our silkie is a wonderful momma and she has adopted chicks successfully 2 other times. We have an outdoor gazebo bar that we use as a ramp for chicks. It is metal with little...
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    Please help sick chick!

    Do they have it at tractor supply? What do you think she has?
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    Please help sick chick!

    Do they have it at tractor supply? What do you think it is?
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    Please help sick chick!

    I just tried taping her legs and she could not stand at all. And when I put her back she just kept falling over, she is having a hard time standing at all now. once she falls she cannot get back up on her own
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    Please help sick chick!

    Hi there, I got a batch of MPC hatchery chicks on Monday. I gave them to my broody silkie Monday night and everything has been great. I have them in a pen inside the coop but they can get out under the nest boxes. my other 3 chickens were out free ranging and the momma silkie decided it was time...
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    Please help sick chick!

    Hi there, I got a batch of MPC hatchery chicks on Monday. I gave them to my broody silkie Monday night and everything has been great. I have them in a pen inside the coop but they can get out under the nest boxes. my other 3 chickens were out free ranging and the momma silkie decided it was time...
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    Converting a child’s playhouse into a fabulous coop!

    Great job! Love the roosts!
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    Any Swedish flowers, black Sumatras, snowy EEs, partridge OEs from MPC?

    I just came across this post, I got a swedish flower jen from MPC and she does have a Crest. In my opinion she is my least favorite bird/breed I have ordered from there. And maybe it is just her but from day 1 she was always a skittish unfriendly bird. I thought she was going to be a roo with...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    I just wanted to update here that I have confirmed it was a fox attack. I was talking with another neighbor today and they saw a fox carrying off one of our chickens around 6am. This is literally one of the only times our coop has been open that early in the morning. I have kept the chickens...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    Thank you all for your responses it has been very helpful. I spoke with the boy next door and he did notice the feathers this morning while waiting for the bus, they are outside by 7:45 so it must have happened at dusk, which also would explain why my dogs did not bark...they were still sound...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    The only thing I can think of why would not have barked is if it was too early and they were still sleeping. The other thing I was thinking about is that if the attack happened where the bodies/feather piles were found only the pile of buff silkie feathers with the shell less egg would have...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    Good to know, my neighbor monitors them with trail cameras and said late April into May is the worst time because they have babies to feed, he said he has seen the mom come with the pups and because they are so smart they knew what time he let them out and would see them coming the same time...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    Thank you. We do have an enclosed run but they have scratched the area down to dirt and I feel bad leaving them locked up. I appreciate what you are saying but I honestly would rather not have chickens if I have to keep them locked up. I expect to lose a few here and there and am ok with that...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    I hope they are, the other 4 are happily pecking around outside and don't seem distressed at all but I have my eye on them to make sure nothing comes back
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    I just talked to a guy down the road that has chickens to warn him and he said he would bet on a fox, he said this time of year they will kill multiple chickens, take what they can and come back to get the others to bring back for their babies. He has trail cameras set up and said he has...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    The cats are around all the time and have never bothered with them before would it be odd for them to attack all of a sudden? Is it possible a animal in the wild killed more than they could carry? There are 3 chickens unaccounted for and feather evidence and unshelled egg of the smaller buff...
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    Thank you.
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    We are in CT.
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    What type of animal does a dawn raid? I am going to check with my neighbors kids right now to see if he noticed anything waiting for the bus, their grass is high so they may not have noticed the body to the right of the driveway but there were feathers all over the driveway.
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    Help! Can someone please help me identify the predator that killed over 1/2 of my flock

    I would think they would if it was anything that resembled a dog, we often have stray cats in our yard and they typically do not bark at the cats. They always bark when another dog walks by though. They did not bark at the hawk attack. No there is no way it was my dogs, they are in a fenced...
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