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  1. AKChickenGal

    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    I was closing up the coop tonight and noticed that my black minorca's head was covered in blood! After they were all roosted and the light turned off I grabbed her off the roost to see if I could clean her up. She has a larger and floppier comb than all the others and I think the rooster grabbed...
  2. AKChickenGal

    Should my chickens be eating feathers?

    My hens and roosters are 19 weeks old and I noticed that they eat loose feathers all the time. Is this normal? I think they have a balanced diet: layer pellets, scratch grains, vegetable scraps, and oyster shells on the side. Should I worry or is this a normal chicken thing?
  3. AKChickenGal

    Rooster is beating up my hens!

    I currently have three roosters, which will be narrowed down to two tomorrow. I mostly have smaller breeds like campines, hamburgs, and a leghorn so I am keeping the smaller roosters as well. I have one naked neck hen that is getting her neck torn up by my Blue Andalusian rooster. Is this normal...
  4. AKChickenGal

    Roosting in trees!

    My birds are 15 weeks old and I usually let them free range in the afternoon and evening. They used to all go to the coop and fly up to the roost before dark and I would lock them in with no problems. Now they have quite the urge to roost in the trees in the yard! It was just the Golden Campines...
  5. AKChickenGal

    Hello from Alaska!

    I am new to BYC, but not so new to raising chickens. My husband and I are in the rainy but beautiful part of Alaska, and we are on our second flock. Our first was all naked necks, and they were the friendliest birds! All six ladies were excellent layers, even in the winter. We gave them away...
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