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    Abnormal pastured chickens, is this Mareks or lack of grit?

    I run broiler chicken tractors all summer and my third and final batch this season have been abnormal in 2 ways. 1. A few weeks ago 1 bird wouldn't stand up, and perished within 3 days. I would have to pick her up when moving the tractor, I would feed her a little before putting her back in...
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    Just watched RIR have a heart attack

    I wouldn't have believed this, but I have about 40 free range chickens and I also raised pastured meat birds. They have acres to roam and live in harmony with 3 dogs and 2 cats. One of my cats just playful pounced around behind one of my Rhode Island Red hens and it ran a few feet and then...
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    Dusting northern poultry mites

    I'm using "Dust-on" with active ingredient permethrin but I have one hen who is broody and is covered in mites. Should we make a water mixture and do a bath? Anyone have experience with this stuff and what you recommend doing? I have 22 fee range birds in a 8x16' coop. Thanks!
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    Cornish Bird Wings Drooping

    I have a batch of 5 week old Cornish, no losses yet and seeing if I can keep it that way! They are all running around, foraging in their chicken tractor and quite active. One of them however I notice when I feed them, he goes from sitting to standing back to sitting while he is eating (the...
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    My moms dog killed half of my flock (24 chickens)

    I asked my mom to watch my birds this weekend because I had a wedding, and she brought her 11 y/o golden doodle. He likes to chase the birds here and there but never killed anyone. Well I get a call this morning saying there's all these dead chickens scattered about as if they had just dropped...
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    Fox, Coyote, Racoon, or Hawk?

    I've been free ranging about 19 standard sized chickens for the better part of a year in my upstate NY farm, but only in the last week I've lost 3 hens. 2 of my losses occurred back to back days this weekend. There's been no evidence, not even blood in the snow. We have hawks like you...
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