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    Dead rooster! NO eggs!

    Rooster killed now all of my hens have stopped laying. Has anyone ever heard of this???Is it a huge coincidence? Thanks
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    yikes, what to do?

    Day 23 today (including the day I set eggs in the incubator) One egg had external pip 12:00 am. No change at 6am. I took it out and opened up the membrane ( at beak), no real bleeding. I put the egg back in the incubator. 7am, it has been chirping and rolling around a bit but no other cracks...
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    clean coop & cocci

    I have been treating my chickens for coccidiosis for the last 3 weeks. I do not have a clue how they got it and I lost almost my entire original 8 chickens to it.....I only have 8 chickens and they free range almost every day even in winter. Everything I have read about treating cocci states...
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    Rooster problems!

    I adopted an adult rooster ( approx 1&1/2 yrs) I did so because I have a very broody hen..He has been with me for over a month and I have not seen him mount any of the hens. My broody hen was sitting for 10 days, I just checked her eggs two days ago, not one was fertile.....Can a Roo be a dud??
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    bad beaks!

    I have recently purchased four 19 week old Isa Browns to add to my flock. I had no idea that they would have their beaks trimmed ( more like mutilated)... two of them so short, their tongue's are almost visible....They seem to have a bit of trouble picking up the laying mash....do you think they...
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    my girls are dying one by one

    Fresh coop, day old raised hens, only birds in the coop ever. They are one year old now. They laid eggs all winter with extra light....spring hits, egg production stops! Hens are slowly dying, just fading away. The first one died two days ago after a week and a half......When I picked her up to...
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    Sudden Death!

    Hello everyone, Any ideas as to why a seemingly healthy chicken would drop dead in the coop just before dark. We found her when we went to close the door. She was out all day eating and foraging and then dead! Any ideas???? anyone????
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    Happy to have access to so much advice!

    Hello to my fellow chicken owners! We are once again, after 17 years, raising egg chickens . I have 8 hens, 4 different breeds. They are free range but we do have a small wired outside run for the times we need them contained. We/I have hand reared them since as day olds and they are extremely...
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    dud layers?

    Hello, I have 4 different breeds of chickens (two of each) I have raised them from day olds. They are approx. 24 weeks old. Only one chicken has started to lay (American Dominique) She is not even the the most mature looking of the bunch. My husband thinks they are all duds! Any thoughts...
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    looks sick

    I have recently ( one week ago) moved my chicks to their coop. They have access to a heat lamp and all in all looked great until today. The one chick that is very friendly is super quite today. She is under the light all the time. There is no runny stool and she ate the treat food...
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    squirrels

    Hi everyone, I am really glad I found this website, I had soooooo many questions about my new chickens and I found an answer to almost all of them…..:) Unfortunately, here in Southern Ontario, we have red squirrels who are opportunistic and will crack the head of young bird (if available)...
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