I need help diagnosing what is going on with my chickens. Maybe it is really just injury, but I am worried. :(
Last week I had a RCR polish go ill. He had been tender on one leg and I later found him in a corner, ruffled, eyes closed, and very weak and lethargic. I brought him in, and thought...
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I am looking for ideas on a hatch door latch/lock for my coop. I rigged up a DIY hook and eyelet system out of some sturdy wire but I went out one morning to find the hatch door unhooked. Not good! I don't want a critter to be able to pull the door open, so I am looking for ideas...
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I have a mixed flock of sizzles, silkies, and polish chickens. I've been noticing a lot of my silkies are really skinny. I was given advice to try switching feed from medicated starter to flock raiser in an effort to help keep weight on them while they grew. My polish are doing...
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I have had/raised chickens since I was very little. We took in all sorts of strays and had all types until our flock was picked off, one by one, by a pair of hatchling hawks one spring. :( After the sadness of losing our entire flock, I kind of fell out of chicken keeping but...