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    2 our of 14 chickens dead in 1 week, not from predators

    Hi - I have a flock that is mixed of 1 year old Rhode Island Reds (3) / Silkies (1) and added this spring, younger production reds (3) and ameraucanas (5) that are about 4-5 months old. About a week ago, a 1 year old silkie died. Today I found a dead production red. Both were just laying on...
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    Dead chicken INSIDE electric fence

    Lost my first chicken after about a year of keeping them :-( I have ~30 meat birds in an area penned with one 80-foot length of Premier poultry netting. They have a portable coop that I have been leaving open at night. This morning, I found a chicken pressed up against the bottom of the...
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    Can chickens eat scraps from cleaning fish I catch?

    I sometimes fish for panfish and end up with quite a bit of leftover scraps after cleaning the fish. Can chickens eat anything on a fish and/or will they pick what is safe for them to eat? Would it be better to steam/cook the fish scraps before feeding to them? A panfish has a bit of meat...
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    First eggs - but hen wants to drop them on plywood

    We are currently 3/4 on egg yield - one was cracked on the end, I suspect because she keeps kicking out all the nesting material in the center of the nest, thus exposing the plywood bottom. She did this first with pine shavings that had a golf ball. Then I tried no golf ball, but refilled...
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    Questions about hens getting along and what is "normal" pecking

    Hi - We just built a coop which I will post pictures of soon, and started with (4) 8-week old rhode island reds. About two weeks after, we added two silkies that are about 4 months old. We were hoping that they were young enough and equal enough in size in a newly organized flock that they...
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