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    Very Sick Chicken Eye Issue

    I brought the chickens fresh water and treats this morning and one of them didn't move. I then went to look at it closer and it looks like one of it's eyes is infected. It's white and looks wet all around it. It's not eating or drinking. I quarenteed is, what can I do?
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    Shock

    I had 6 chickens in my flock. A fox came in. 3 found dead, 2 missing, 1 survivor that is in the coop! She is in shock, what should I do?
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    Fox 1 chicken found dead, 5 missing

    I put up there fence on Sunday but didnt get a chance to nail it down because it was dark. My outside fence was damaged due to a storm and I havent yet fixed it. So the fox got in my yard and got under the chicken fence. I found one dead, I see a few piles of feathers, although only one pile of...
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    Chicken Coop

    OK so its almost time to take my chickens home! Someone build me a nice coop, I requested 12 sq ft but for some reason it ended up being 10sq feet with 4 nest boxes. I'm going to have 6 chickens (3 americana's and 3 RIR's) Is it unreasonable to house them in 10sq ft? They will have a run during...
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    Hardy Blue Egg layers & Medicated feed

    Hi, OK so I've decided I'm doing this. I am going in on some chicks with someone here locally and they have agreed to raise them till 3 months old for me. However, she said she always uses medicated feed as once she lost some chicks do to Cochaire. What do you guys think of this? Have you been...
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    fence for run

    I'm just starting to plan here... Currently I have around .5 acre of fenced in yard for the dog. It's probably about 80% lawn, but there is a good amount of woods and brush area all around. I'd love if the chickens could take care of some of that brush and the tick problems it creates. I dont...
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    Why do you guys choose to have backyard chickens?

    I'm curious. I was into it because I care about high quality food and would love to practice it.. but after reading all this stuff I'm starting to get turned off. It seems like a lot of cost/effort/time to maintain a flock with a lot of risk and not a lot of payoff. I can go to whole foods and...
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    Looking to raise free range chickens wondering about my lawn

    Hi, I'm looking to raise 6 chickens. I have ZERO experience. I have 3.5 acres of land most of it wooded, about .5acre with an 8 foot dog fence and most lawn. If I let the chickens run free, will I have any lawn left :| Or should I just create a run in the woods?
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