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    Skunk and chickens

    Ignore the loss of eggs for a minute...all of my goose eggs plus some of the chicken eggs. For a week now, something has been going into the chicken run and killing one to two chickens per day. It doesn't eat much or any, for that matter. It would slit the throat, open the neck and sometimes...
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    Does anyone know how I can get my geese out of the chicken house and into their own?

    My 2 geese and 20 chickens live in an apple orchard with an additional run and hen house. In the run, there is also a dog house with a flip top lid I've converted to a goose house. The problem is, the geese won't go in the dog house. The goose goes into the chicken coop, chases the chickens...
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    Day-old chick shaking head, scratching ears, flopping over

    I just picked up my chicks from the post office purchased from a reputable hatchery. At least I've had good success with them before. It's been about 3 hours and one of the chicks is shaking it's head and scratching at it's ears. It does this so violently that it sometimes flops over on it's...
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    Lame Hen Euthanized

    This is a cautionary tale: I bought some replacement pullets from a farmer up the road. He keeps his chickens in very clean conditions. However, he has about 100 or more chicks/pullets at a time and does not vaccinate. I don't really blame him since we live in an area where the thought seems...
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    New Here

    Hi Everyone, I'm from the Portland, Oregon area and, until this morning, had 12 chickens. (One was put down today due to Marek's). The remaining 11 are RIR, Barred Rock, Cuckoo Marans, Red Sex Link and Black Sex Link. I had laying hens for about 15 years and then took a 10 year break, now...
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