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    Chicken suddenly died

    Trying to figure out what killed my hen. I have around 70 hens, and yesterday I came out in the front yard and I noticed one of them laying in the grass, she appeared to be dead by the way she was laying (I thought a dog or something killed her). I went to move her and she opened her eyes...
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    Egg efficiency in the winter?

    I have approximately 73 Rhode Island Red hens (from McMurray) hatchery and I am trying to determine if I need to do anything to increase their egg laying efficiency or if I am getting what I should expect. The hens are right around 7 months old, and started laying shortly before fall, so I am...
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    Large number of birds suddenly died

    A friend of mine had 25 Rhode Island Reds, they've been at egg laying age for about 3 months now. Yesterday morning he put all 25 in the chicken tractor we made (which they go in every day) and left. He came back that evening to find 15 of the 10, laying dead in a circle pattern around the...
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    What type of chicken to get?

    Not sure where else to post this. But I'm wanting 2 or 3 bantam hens for my backyard, it's a pretty small backyard but I want some fresh eggs, and really want some natural bug control. I live in a neighborhood but it's kind of out in the country so we have a ton of bugs. Will bantams have...
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