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    Hen found dead... not a single wound on her body

    So last night I went to shut the the chickens in their coop like I do every night. Now, my hens are a bit naughty and usually a few of them go to my lilac bush to roost. As I was shooing the hens out the the bush I noticed one of them wasn't moving. I quickly realized that she was dead. There...
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    Chicken Health Webinar

    I was very excited to find out that there will be a webinar on chicken health in about two weeks. When the time comes, the webinar can be watched live at http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/healthy-chickens-webinar/
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    Cannibalism, Chickens pecking, Please Help

    I'm having a serious pecking problem. They are leghorns, and they have 4 square feet per bird in the coop. They have been free ranging every day except the days when there's a blizzard. I have several chickens injured from pecking, the most severe I separated and put in my only dog crate. The...
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    Dilema - when my chickens are outside they get frostbite and when they are inside they peck each oth

    I just notice frostbite on my chickens today. The coops are warmish, but when the chickens have been confined in the past they pecked each other to the point of bleeding. I'm not sure what to do. any suggestions appreciated.
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    Pecked Hen Has Huge Wound on the Back of Her Head! Help!

    Today I came home to find on of my white leghorns (they are all 18 weeks old) with a huge wound on the back of her head. The skin is missing and and the wound reaches the bone. They are not beak trimmed, and I haven't really observed pecking before now. I have separated her and put blu-kote on...
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    My leghorns will be five months old in November. Will they start laying then?

    I have 14 leghorn pullets which arrived as day olds two weeks ago. I did some figuring, and that would mean they will be five months old around November. Does this mean that I will have to wait until spring for the first eggs? Will the hens just start laying even if the days are shortening? I...
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    dog just killed one of my chickens - best place to buy electric poultry fencing

    I let my chickens out to free range this morning and my dog was behaving like an angel (she couldn't hurt a fly). When I got home I was told by my family that the neighbor's dog had run over and killed one of my hens (an old girl that I'd known for years). I'm really upset now but I'd like to...
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    is 4' fence tall enough for layers?

    I'm thinking of letting my hens free range on my cattle pasture, but I'm not sure if the standard 4' electric poultry netting will contain some of my lighter layers. Does anybody have some experience with this?
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    Leaking Metal Chicken Coop

    I have a metal chicken coop that I ordered from a company called easy garden (check out the coop at http://easy-garden.com). It worked really well for the summer months, but lately the roof and the door hinges have been leaking really badly, and I wondered I anybody might have any ideas on how...
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    treated for mites - when should feathers improve?

    Last Friday I treated my chickens for mites with a poultry approved insecticide powder. I plan to treat again in a week. Anyways, many of my hens still have a moth eaten appearance and some still have grey mite dust in their feathers. When should I expect the feathers to look nice again? My...
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    Old Hens - Tattered, Broken, Ugly feathers + balding

    All of my five older hens (about 3 yrs) have really bad feathers. Their feathers are tattered, broken, and and hens are balding in places. They don't seem to be preening at all. is their anything to do about this?
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    Bloody Combs in Cold Weather

    This afternoon I went out to the coop and I noticed that two hens had bloody combs. I immediately thought the worst (cannibalism) and decided to watch them for about 5-10 minutes. I saw no pecking, bullying, or meanness of any sort. I cleaned off the comb and I could only found a tiny cut that...
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    Do Mites Survive the Winter?

    I live in northern Ontario, and right now it's about -10C, and by the middle of the winter temperatures are usually down to -25C. I wondered if these cold temperatures kill mites. Not that my flock has mites, but I just wanted to know if they will be safe from the pests over the winter. Thanks...
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    Hen very lethargic but healthy otherwise

    I have a 6 month old hen that I just noticed this afternoon is pretty lethargic. She has been laying really well lately and and is healthy otherwise. I just noticed she was sleeping allot, avoiding the flock, and not scratching around with her friends. Any help appreciated!
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    Hen With Crusty But

    For a while know one of my older hens (2 yrs) has had a really crusty but. Those fluffy feathers are full of some crusty, stinky diarreah. I've bathed her about 3 times only to have the crustiness return. Any ideas? Am I neglecting my hen? By the way she is laying as well as all the other 2 yr...
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    I'm Introducing some new hens, and have a srtrange problem - Any ideas appreciated

    A little while ago, I bought six new ready to lay pullets. I checked for lice, mites, etc. and found them to be perfectly healthy. I kept them in an old small coop until dark, and then put them with the rest of my flock. The next morning, I checked them, and they were being pecked only a tiny...
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    Very Sick Chicken! Can't Seem to Pooh! Very Dirty Vent and Green Area Near Vent

    I really need some help fast. I just noticed a few hours ago that one of my hens was doing strange movements as if she was trying to pooh but couldn't. I also noticed that her vent was extremely dirty. All the feathers were covered in wet pooh. When I was cleaning her bum I noticed two small...
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    extremely weird egg! long, shell less, and shaped like a snake. layed at night!

    About fifteen minutes ago I was moving a chicken that had been roosting in a nest box when I saw a very strange egg in that box. It was a long curving membrane that was leaking egg all over the nest. There's more to it than that though, the hen that apparently layed this disgusting object has...
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    Metal Chicken Tractor From Murray Mcmurray - Review!

    I found that when I ordered this chicken tractor online, there was very little information about it, so I have decided to fix that problem and do a full review of the the chicken tractor available at http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/portable_chicken_pen.html. This is just an overall view...
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    Shell Less Eggs Every Day! Please Help!

    For the past couple weeks I have been getting a shell less egg mess in the nest box every single day. It is quite annoying to have to clean the nest box each day and I'm not getting as many eggs as I should. Ever since this started I have been mixing a large amount of oyster shell into the feed...
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