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    Rooster with hugely swollen wattles after fight

    We have 22 hens and 3 roosters. 1 rooster is new, as of about a month and a half ago. Our 2 old roosters have fought a couple times since the new one came, switching places in the pecking order. No fights for a couple weeks. I thought this was over. Today they fought again and one of our...
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    Will the roosters figure themselves out?

    We have 22 hens and 3 roosters. 1 rooster is new. Our 2 old roosters have fought a couple times since the new one came, switching places in the pecking order. I thought this was over. Today they fought again and one of our old roosters, the one who used to be King Rooster, is bloody and his...
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    Sudden decrease in egg production

    We have 20 hens (some are old, some are young, some are just right) and used to get 12 eggs a day. For the last 3 weeks we have only been getting 6. It has been hot and humid and I wondered if that would cause this. Any ideas? Thanks
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    sick chickens? Eyes shut! Wierd. HELP!

    We were on vacation for 10 days with a friend looking after chickens. Seemed like a couple were roosted with their eyes shut too early in the evening. Today there's one still perched in the coop with her eyes seemingly shut, or gone ( i can't get her to open them.) Any ideas?
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    Light breed chicks picking on 3 heavy chicks!

    We got a variety of 25 chicks from McMurray Hatchery. 3 seem to be heavy breed (meat birds?) They are literally twice the size of the rest of the chicks at two weeks of age. Today I came home and discovered the three Godzillas (as we call them) had been pecked to bleeding by the other chicks...
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    Can you splint a broken leg on hen?

    We have a banty hen with a broken leg! Can it be fixed? Can she be one-legged hen? Need advice.
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    Too long claws on hens - newbie question

    We got 10 banty hens from a neightbor that were never outside of their coop. They have super long claws. Do we clip them? When we let them out to free range will they wear down? Help this newbie, please. Thanks!
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    Chicken Guard Dog

    Anyone out there have a guard dog for their flock? I am thinking of getting an Anatolian Shepherd Dog. Any one have knowledge or opinion on guard dog for free range flock? See my post' UTTER TRAGEDY" under Predators and Pests . Thanks
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    UTTER TRAGEDY

    I am at such a loss! We had 12 adults and 17 teenage (15 week old) chickens. Thursday I got home about 4:30 pm. I found one of my two "head roosters" dead (no marks) and two teen-chicks (also, no marks) lying dead in different parts of the yard. The other Head Rooster and all but 4 hens...
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