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    dead chickens. Canabalism

    Will they kill and eat each other? There is no way for anything to get into my coup. I have lost 15 chickens in 5 months. Two ast night. One gal is limping. I shot three ferrel cays the last two days. It is becoming a nightmare. I have walked in several mornings early, just at light and found...
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    dead chickens.

    What would kill a chicken and only eat the intestines but leave the bird?
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    Chickens roosting in tree at night

    I have two chickens that decided that they no longer want to roost at night in the coop. They roost in a weeping Birch tree right by the front porch. The tree is about 7 feet tall. As soon as it gets light out, they head back with the rest of the flock. No idea why they decided they like this tree.
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    Free range

    I have never raised quail, can they free range or will they fly off. I hav 12 acres open fields. Planted in alfalfa, with plenty of brush.
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    Neem oil

    I own a very extensive tree and shrub nursery. I also grow garden veggies. I use neem oil to fight the chewing bugs on my plants. Now that the chickens are older they free range. They have found my veggie garden. They do not bother the plant but they do a very good job of eating the bugs. They...
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    poop on eggs

    I know it means time to worm them, but do I need to toss the eggs. Also, not many places in my area that carry anything for chickens. Other than DE what works. My grandparents always used DE.
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    first eggs

    My RI's started lating today, I got 5 total, one was pale white with a brown spot on it instead of completely brown. I thought Rhodies laid large eggs, these are small.
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    Bad leg

    I have one out of 20 RIR's they are about 6 months old. One of them has become a loner and limps. She walks ok but runs with a limp. Still can't catch her to see what the problem is. Couple of them are squating when I get close to them....about that time,,,but they have decided the nest box in a...
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    Rhodies

    My Rhodies are about 5 months old. They do not seem to even be interested in the lying box, except as a perch, even though it is extremely hard for them to get on the sloped roof they still mange for a bit. No egg laying yet.
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    Feed

    Chickens are going on 4 months old. I had to buy a different brand crumble than I normally get. It was Sunday and the feed stor was closed so I got a bag at tractor supply. They are not eating like the used to. I also started letting them free range, they love it. Just wondering if I should...
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    They are free

    The chicks are now almost 3 months old. Finally got them trained to run free during the day and go to the coop at night. They follow me like I'm the mother hen. But they still rely on the crumbles. They wont go scratch around and find new things to eat. I have ahuge compost pile full of bugs and...
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    won't leave the coop

    I moved the chicks to their coop a little over a week ago. They are about 7 weeks old. They absolutely refuse to leave the coop and head out to the yard and do what chickens do. I have tried food but no dice.
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    Rototillers

    I have found that my 7 week old chicks favorite place to be is in my compost pile. They work it over pretty good searching for bugs and worms. I get my compost turned over daily for free and I don't have to do it.
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    old days

    When I was a child, about 35 years ago, I remember my grandfather giving the chickens all of the table scraps. My chicks are about 6 weeks old now, would hurt to give them left over salad mix?
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    Guineas

    This AM, the farmer down the road offered to give me some guinea chicks. I have never raised them. Are they similar to raising chickens? He has about ten Whits guineas he said I can have. he has way to many.
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    Free range

    At what age can you let the birds start ranging. Do they figure out where the door is to their barn pretty easy....?
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    Outside today

    I got the birds outside for about a half hour today it is only 40 but the sun is out, finally, after 3 days of rain. They didn't do much for about 15 minutes, they just huddled together. But then one of them found a worm and the chase was on.....poor worm went through a brutle beating at the...
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    Food scraps

    I have a large family,,we have a lot of food scraps, at what age can i give the chicks food scraps
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    Skittish birdds

    Five week old Rhodes, still real skittish around me. Not trying to turn them into pets but I would like them to not be afraid of me.
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    lighting

    I live in Indiana way out in the boonies. When it is dark it is dark there are no street lights way out here. The farmer down the road was telling me that adult chickens can not see all that well so it is nice to keep a light on in the coop so they cac see what the are doing....
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