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    Is it true chickens won't starve themselves to death?

    My flock WILL NOT eat any commercial feed, including locally-grown, non-GMO mash. FRESHNESS AND BRAND AND PROTEIN CONTENT DO NOT MATTER, I've tried it all, so please don't suggest any of that. At first I had the attitude that they could eat it or starve, but they were seriously losing weight in...
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    Blood in intestines

    3 year old rh red was acting ok yesterday morning, got lethargic later in the day, then this morning wouldn't eat and hung out in the corner. By 11:30 am she was dead. Post mortem showed crop full of normal food and vegetation but lower intestines were swollen and full of blood! Never seen that...
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    Is my flock going down from stress?

    In another post I talked about 2 stray guineas that are harassing my flock. They belong to my landlady who won't let me dispose of them, but she won't do anything about them either. I've figured out they're both males because they're now chasing and mounting my hens and challenging my rooster as...
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    Old rooster getting mean with hens

    We have an older blue-laced wyandotte rooster that we inherited from someone else so we don't know his age. He came with 3 hens, also older. We integrated them with 6 Rhode Island Reds and they have all been together for about a year, so there's nothing new going on that would precipitate his...
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    Red heat lamp irritating chickens?

    Last winter we had some extremely cold weather, like several days of -20F or lower. I opened the coop door to let my chickens out one morning and one of my hens was frozen solid on the floor. It had been about -20 Fahrenheit the night before. So now I want to use a heat lamp on the coldest...
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    Anybody ever use Respirex for chicken wheezing/respiratory issues?

    I have read that Tylan 50 or other Tylan products are best for respiratory issues but my vet's never heard of it and if I order it online, it's going to take anywhere from a week to a month or more to get here, for some stupid reason. However, Respirex can be to me in 4 days and it has good...
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    Another case of rooster crowing all night

    I did some research on this site as to why my rooster crows all night, and I have a question: he's about 6 months old and I've had him for a couple months. When I first got him, he rarely crowed, but he has recently discovered his manhood and now he won't shut up. Could it be hormones that will...
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    opinions on the best breed for roosters

    I have a flock of 10 hens of different breeds, and one guinea (left over from a small flock a few years ago). I thought it was a hen, but I found out it's a male. It's abusing my girls, which doesn't fly with me, so he's got to go. Problem is, he kept the hawks away, and my girls are pretty...
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    mean guinea alpha in chicken flock

    I have one guinea (the alpha), a flock of 5 hens, and another flock of 5 hens (adult layers rehomed to me) that will soon be out of quarantine. The guinea has always been kind of mean, but over the past several weeks, she has been getting meaner and meaner. She spends most of her time chasing...
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    rehomed flock not laying much after 10 days

    I acquired a flock of 5 hens from someone who decided to switch to ducks. The day I picked them up, they had each laid an egg for the woman before 10:30am. When I got them home, I had to keep them in small cages overnight, but the next day I supplied them with a large fenced garden plot, plenty...
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    New hens won't lay in nests or go into coop at night

    I really did search the posts before adding this thread,but I couldn't find my exact problem. I was given 2 free range hens to add to an existing free range flock consisting of a guinea hen (the queen) and 4 laying hens (the subjects). The 2 hens integrated well into the flock socially, but...
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    Jemima, Rose and me

    Hi! I recently moved to a farm that had a small free-range flock, and then I was offered the last two free range hens from another flock that got marauded by bloodthirsty raccoons. Perfect! The farm flock had recently lost 2 to predators, so I could use these two to replenish it. So, now that I...
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