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    Bandaging a leg

    So my beloved Roo is recovering from a raccoon attack. Everything is going well. Vet helped me pull him through the worst of it. Wound on his back is healing beautifully and he's active, preening, eating and drinking. The problem I'm left with is the leg. Initially it was quite swollen, so much...
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    Rooster behaviour

    Got a young roo some months ago and he is quite easy to handle. He seems to treat his hens nicely and really looks after them. One of the hens is one that I had several months before he came along. She has always been a cuddler and would run up to me and squat looking to be pet. For some reason...
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    Egg Eater frustrations

    I have a Rhode Island Red that started eating her eggs. I tried to check frequently to get the egg without any luck. But at least she only ate her own egg and didn't touch the others. Then she started eating everyone else's egg as well. At this point I brought her into the house and she has been...
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    Dispatching a Chicken

    So our first year (less than a year actually) of chicken keeping has thrown a lot of things at us. I started with 5 hens and now have 2. But the loss I had yesterday was the hardest of all. Because I am in the process of rebuilding the chicken run from a temporary one into a proper permanent...
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    How is my hen losing her toes??

    I have a pen made from pallets. It's somewhat close to the ground but the bottom side has hardware cloth on the outside that wraps up the sides under the siding. A week ago I noticed a spot of blood on the perch and found one of my hens has had a toenail bitten? off into the quick. A little...
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    Shell less eggs and advice for new chicken owner

    I recently got my first chickens, they were half of a friend's flock. They are 2 yrs old rhode island reds. For some time I noticed that someone was laying shell less eggs which is really a problem because when they break the other hens are right in there eating it up as fast as they can. I'm...
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    Feather issues...suggestions/advice

    So I've had my 5 hens for about a month now. They all recently starting molting since it's that time of year here. However, one hen has a sort of bare spot on her wing. At first glance i thought she was just missing feathers but on closer inspection it looks as though the feathers have broken...
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    Canadian New to Chickens

    Hi Everyone! We are new to the world of chickens here on our small acreage in Prince Edward Island. We are also new to living in the country. Basically, we are on a giant learning curve as we try to transition into a more self sufficient life and escape the rat race. We have 2 cats, a...
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