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    4 dead in 3 days - What is it?

    I've lost 4 chickens in the last 3 days! 3 of my chicks were pulled through 1 in. chicken wire - 2 of them had heads eaten off and one had legs pulled through and its back end eaten ( this sounds like a raccoon to me) then we found one inside of our coop (which is like Ft Knox) she had been...
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    Problem with ants

    I am having a big problem with sugar ants - they aren't the tiny black ones either - they are in between the size of a fire ant and a tiny sugar ant and there are millions of them. They don't bite - my chickens even eat them occasionally. They are a huge pain though. Is there a pesticide that...
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    Is this a hen/roo????

    I hope I'm posting in the right place - My beautiful SLW is 6 mos old - I have thought all this time that she was a hen.....not so sure now. Can anybody tell me if this is a roo??
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    3wk old chick found out of cage - top layer of skin missing on thigh

    I have a 3wk old mixed chick - came home yesterday to find it outside of the cage. Their cage is outside next to the big hens. We figured out how she got out and fixed it. She appeared fine so my son put her back in the cage. This evening I noticed her limping and took her out - she has a...
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    When to intervine?

    I have 18 eggs that were due to hatch today (it's day 21) - one hatched last night and I'm only hearing movement and peeping from 2 other eggs. I had some issues with temperature control last week - I got up to the temp being close to 104 and I don't know what happened ( I have 4 children there...
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    Hi! From SC

    Hi, everyone - I'm a new chicken owner - love it - totally addicted! I started with 5 laying hens about 3 months ago - 1 WL/ 1 Black sexlink/ 1 BO/ 1 BR/ and a Red Production. 3 weeks ago I introduced 2 4wk old silver laced wyandottes and 1 5wk old golden comet. I never thought having...
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