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  1. Patoot

    Getting chicks to go into coop at night

    Thanks everyone! I am making progress with a light in the coop. Tonight 4/5 were in the opening of the coop. The 5th was still in her usual spot high in some ivy bush. But this is HUGE progress. Even though they weren't totally inside and I had to sort of shimmy them in, they were right at...
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    Getting chicks to go into coop at night

    Thanks guys. They are 11wks. I integrated them by first putting them in their own pen within the run so everyone could see each other, but the big girls couldn't get to them. Then when they seemed disinterested in a couple days later, I let the chicks out and watched for 2hrs. There was some...
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    Getting chicks to go into coop at night

    Hi everyone. I've had chickens for 7yrs. Each time I've added to my flock, the new members learned to follow into the coop with the established chickens. However, I now have 5 chicks and they will not go in the darn coop. They have been with the older girls for almost a week now and they are...
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    Introducing chicks - sleeping together?

    Hi all. I have five 11 week old chicks and 2 older chickens. I have started introducing them. First I put the chicks in a pen inside the run so the older girls could check them out, but not get to them. When that went well, I let the chicks out and they had access to each other. They aren't...
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    Most likely predator? Down two chickens

    It would be a very sneaky human. Not totally impossible, but they sure went through an awful lot of trouble to make it seem like an animal dragged her up over a fence. There was a woman in town that recently reported all 16 of her chickens were killed with their necks broken and knows a human...
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    Most likely predator? Down two chickens

    Okay, new information. I just went over to my neighbor's and investigated their yard. My yard touches three other yards. A critter could only get in over the back or one side. The other side is way too high. The feathers were just along the side fence. I examined the yard to the back and...
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    Most likely predator? Down two chickens

    My understanding was that raccoons typically leave a bloody mess because they rip off the heads and eat the crops and stuff. That and they kill more than one bird at a time. I also didn't think they carried the bodies off, but I really don't know. I'm sure anything is possible.
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    Most likely predator? Down two chickens

    Yes, it has to be something that can carry a full size adult RIR up a 6 ft wall. My husband did set up a video camera and there was nothing last night, though assuming it's the same critter, it waited several weeks before returning. I've had the girls for 3.5 yrs and never had a problem until...
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    Most likely predator? Down two chickens

    Less than a month ago I posted asking what happened to one of my RIR. She was just gone. No blood. No sign of struggle. Just gone. About a week later, my neighbor asked me if I was missing a chicken because she thought she saw a dead hawk in her yard. I investigated, but there was nothing...
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    What happened to Cadbury? How can I protect the others?

    I'm sure it wasn't a bear or coyote. I've never seen a raccoon around my parts and I thought they left a bloody mess. The fence is 8 ft tall except on one part where it's 5. It would have to be a pretty agile critter to jump it without knocking it off. Just today when I was giving them the...
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    What happened to Cadbury? How can I protect the others?

    Nope. No signs of any disturbance. They are in a very long run with no top. They used to free range the yard, but they made a mess of the garden and would constantly go to dig up my husband's hops so they are in the run when I'm not in the yard with them. The fence is pretty skimpy and made...
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    What happened to Cadbury? How can I protect the others?

    I am not near the river or the open mesa. I do not think I live in a bubble, but I honestly can't think of what happened to her. My understanding is that most predators would leave behind some traces like the body or at least signs of struggle and blood. At most I have a couple feathers that...
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    What happened to Cadbury? How can I protect the others?

    My 3.5yr old Rhode Island Red has vanished into thin air. She was here yesterday and this morning when I went to give the girls warm water and a nice plate of warm oatmeal, I only saw 5 girls. I searched every square inch of my yard and there was no sign of her. I moved the ivy back, looked...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    Phew. I think I'm good. I did an uber thorough poop check this morning before the morning droppings were displaced. I got a big ole plate of it. Very appetizing. I examined the new girls' stuff and then the adult girls. I spread it all super thin on the plate and examined it like I was...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    Thanks for the additional replies. The girls aren't together yet so I don't think the new girls could pass on their potential worms or vice versa. They are in the same backyard, but not the same dirt, food bins, coop, water dish, etc. The new girls are still in quarantine and they are much...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    So here's an update. I just went out and inspected poop like a mad woman. There is no evidence of any worms in the older girls' poops. Seems fine. I only examined 2-3 of them. I got about 7 poops from the new girls and put it all on a paper plate and went to town pulling it apart. First...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    No my girls don't have roundworms. They DID when I first got them 3 years ago, they did and I treated them. That was the only worming they ever got. I have not seen any evidence of worms in my current girls and only evidence of one egg-like looking thing in one poop of the new birds. I only...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    Well, I went to the feed store and they had Zermectrin Gold and not Valbazen. They had Equimax too, but that looked to be similar in ingredient to Z-Gold and I didn't want something so potent. I got some of the Gold. So now what? I think the dosing is different for that compared to Valbazen...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    Thank you! Is there a reason I shouldn't use Zimercetin Gold instead of Valbazen? I can get it to the house in 2 days and it's cheaper. I'm sure my girls can go a few more days without treatment, but I'd really like to start treating the new girls ASAP. I can call around to the local feed...
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    New chickens have tapeworms. Guidance please.

    Just to be clear, this is what I saw in the poop: I saw ONE single round nub egg looking thing that looked like one of these things. There weren't any flat tapeworm looking things. I thought it was a worm egg or something, but it looked like one of the above white sac looking things. I...
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