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    Hawk kill? (Warning dead chicken***)

    Have a buff Orpington rooster but man he is a wuss lmao...I love that he doesn't bother me or my daughters but he won't fight to save anyone but himself...I am just going to keep them in the coop for the winter and build a run for them this spring, my coop is in a 70'x70' fenced in area that I...
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    What breed of chicken are these? Pls help

    1 barred rock 2 Easter egger?
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    Hawk kill? (Warning dead chicken***)

    Sure enough it was a hawk...time to hawk proof the run. Beautiful bird I just wish it wasn't killin my girls
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    Hawk kill? (Warning dead chicken***)

    I've been free ranging my 20 chickens for 2 years now with no issues. I have had 4 killed in the last month during the daytime and I have no idea what is doing it. I am resorting to locking them up now until the problem is solved, here is a pic of the kill. I should note that all 3 were near the...
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    Barred rock attacked

    Ya, both of these birds are very calm. I have never heard of ducks attacking chickens...I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself
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    Barred rock attacked

    These two birds are doing great!! The barred rock has almost entirely new skin over the area and the black Austrolorp maybe half the area. Absolutely no infection and they both are doing great! Thanks you guys for the tips. Seemed everything I did worked perfect, will continue to post pics as...
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    Barred rock attacked

    Thank you for that tip! I'm glad your cat turned out so well. As of right now both birds are doing well. Yes they are in the garage and I have not yet seen a fly near them. The aquophor over the wound seems to be doing a great job
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    Barred rock attacked

    I posted that on my phone, it auto corrected Aquophor to squiggle lol. The wounds appear better than yesterday and the birds behavior seems to be normal for having such a wound. I appreciate all of the input and will continue to update as my treating of it progresses.
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    Barred rock attacked

    I put aquophor on the wound after I cleaned it with 50/50 of peroxide and water. My youngest daughter has a G-Tube and we have many medical supplies for that. We use peroxide to clean her tube everyday and have had great success with it so I figured I could use peroxide on the chickens (I used...
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    Barred rock attacked

    Thank you everyone, I will keep everyone updated on whatever happens with them. For now I cleaned the wounds and am going to put on antibiotic lotion. Would if help if I put Vaseline on them to keep flies off them? My wife overruled the keeping them in the house option....
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    Barred rock attacked

    I apologize for the graphic photos, trying to give the best representation of the wound possible for help
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    Barred rock attacked

    This just happened to a second bird! A black Austrolorp this time....they have 2 ducks that we caught attacking the black Austrolorp, exact same wound location but a smaller wound much more manageable. The 2 ducks just got culled....
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    Barred rock attacked

    After cleaning the wound it looks worse...it's not just skin there is a deeper wound I can feel bone. She is still acting fine and even let me clean the wound with only a little screaming. I'm gonna make an attempt at this. She will be kept inside and isolated, should I cover the wound with...
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    Barred rock attacked

    To me it looks like just her skin was ripped off, maybe a little muscle damage but she still is moving around well. I'm going to try treating...this bird is actually my mom and dads, they have Guineas and ducks and they found the wound because they were attacking her. I have 17 birds at my house...
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    Barred rock attacked

    I have never dealt with an injury this large. Is something that I should just put her down for? She is my favorite bird and is acting herself. Not lethargic or anything and still eating/drinking. Any insight as to what I should do to treat this would be appreciated!!!
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Changed the coop around a little bit, moved the nest boxes and installed new roost bars
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    Rooster making hens slow down egg production?

    I've already seen that happen LOL, but my question is will the hens slow down egg production because there's a rooster there?
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    Mean Rooster

    I am going to say that you should not risk your children getting attacked, if he continues it then he should be dinner
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    Rooster making hens slow down egg production?

    I was talking with my neighbor today (who is very anti rooster) and he was telling me that my rooster will make my 17 layers slow down egg production. I have never heard this and was wondering if he is just trying to get me to get rid of my rooster....I own 10 acres in a very pro small farm...
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    Chickens not laying in the nesting box

    Did you put fake eggs (golfballs work too!) in the nesting boxes? If they are laying everyday then i would add in some fake eggs/golfballs to the nest boxes and i would lock the birds that are laying in there for 2 or 3 days or until they begin laying in the boxes. Works everytime for me
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