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    Lost our first bird - trying to figure out what happened

    Hi all, Day before yesterday, we lost one of our beloved Barred Rocks to a predator and I'm not sure what happened. Our girls are free range and are usually very good at hiding and coming back into the coop at dusk. I was not home Monday evening and left two of my boys in charge of closing...
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    Pullet with sudden swollen foot, limping/not using it

    I have a 10 week old barred rock pullet who was fine this morning when I let the girls out of the coop. She came running out with the rest of them. We went to the store for about an hour and when we came home she was back inside the coop laying on the floor in a corner. I tried to shoo her out...
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    Sex of this 5 week old barred rock

    I have three hatchery barred rocks that I purchased from our local feed store for our first ever laying flock - mixed breeds include the barred rocks, black australorps and easter eggers. I started noticing that 'Buttercup' doesn't look the same as her sisters and after reading various other...
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    How long to separate two "offenders" from the rest of the flock?

    I have a mixed flock of 12 four week old chicks - 6 ee's, 3 barred rocks and 3 australorps. Just in the last week one of the australorps started pulling feathers and eating them from four of the six ee's. She seemed to leave the barred rocks alone and her fellow australorps. Now, one of the...
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    Help! One of my chicks is pulling feathers!

    Hi everyone! I'm hoping for some quick advice on how to nip this in the bud! I have 12 chicks (pullets). There are 6 easter eggers, 3 barred rocks and 3 austalorps. They will be three weeks old on Sunday. I am using a red lamp, they are on chick starter and they have plenty of room. The...
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    Disinfecting the coop and question about a gravel floor

    Our chicks are only a week and half old, but I'd like to get our coop ready for them to head out there in a few weeks. Our coop is a converted shed with the front half for storage and supplies and the back half is the actual coop - 8x10. My question is - obviously because it was an older shed...
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    Hello from The Smoky Mountains!

    Greetings from beautiful Franklin, NC! We are new to chickens and our adventure officially began on Monday with the arrival of our peeps! We have 12 - 6 Easter Eggers, 3 Australorps and 3 Barred Rocks. I appreciate all the info I have gathered from this site over the last four months in...
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