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  1. buffboy

    Weasel????

    Last night something got in the coop and killed 7 of my hens. But only found 6 bodies. I assumed it was a raccoon until this afternoon one of the 4 remaining hens was laying an egg and all of a sudden came up out of the coop like a bat out of hell. Me and the rooster ran side by side (literally)...
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    Hen killed her 4 1/2 week old chick!!

    Yesterday I started noticing one of my hens starting to peck all of her 4 1/2 week old chicks. This morning I find one pecked to death in her broody pen. Let them out and all day long she has been pecking at all of them. I assume she is done with them but is all this pecking normal when they...
  3. buffboy

    Chicken saddles!

    A couple of my hens have developed bare backs due to most of my other hens going broody all at once so my roo is down to just a handful to take care of. I bought some of the "hen saver" single strap fixed shoulder protector aprons. And WHALA my hens are moonwalking all over the place. I was told...
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    DEAD CHICKS!!!

    Woke up this morning to go out and find several dead chicks in one of my broody pens. They are 6 days old and were all doing just fine yesterday afternoon! I had let them out with their mama into the main coop for a couple hours yesterday. I have not noticed any aggression by the mama hen. And...
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    2 Mama hens and their chicks

    Two of my broody buffs hatched their chicks out within a few days of each other. Their respective broody pens are right beside each other so they are familiar with one another. I let the week old chicks and their mother out into the big coop yesterday for the first time and everything went...
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    It's a broody bonanza!!

    Question here...I currently have all Buff Orpingtons. 1 rooster and several hens. Problem I have is over half my hens have went broody almost all at the same time which has left just a handful of hens for my rooster. And it is starting to show on their backs. Kinda worried that all my hens are...
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