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    Chicken Attacked, Now Limps

    A month ago I checked on my flock to find my alpha rooster lying on the ground next to the fence. He was missing some feathers, had his comb dripping in blood, and could not stand on his otherwise unaltered leg. After I gave him some antibiotics and separated him from the rest, I investigated...
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    Mysterious Lack of Eggs

    I have had chickens for about three years now, but I have seen nothing like this. My chickens (three roosters, one three year old hen, four two year old hens, and four eight month old hens who have strangely never laid) ceased laying. I know it's winter and laying slows, but this time it slowed...
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    Unknown Escape Routes

    I have recently introduced my former coop-and-run chickens to a large fenced in area. They were doing nicely until I found one outside the enclosure. This has kept happening, and I have tried several attempts to solve it. I lowered the fence's lower clearance and clipped the chickens' wings. It...
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    Broody Hen pecking, but not killing, chicks

    One of my hens, Puffy, went broody and hatched only three chicks. So I purchased and introduced six chicks - three days old like the others, but hatched by an incubator. At first they were scared of her and huddled in a corner; so Puffy sat on them to keep them warm. Now she pecks them until...
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