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    Chicken has bare butt

    All three of my RIR have bold butts. I have attached pic of one of them. I thought is was molting but did not think that started on the butt area. By looking at the pics can any one tell what the cause may be? I have cleaned out the coop and spray pesticide for mites all over inside the coop. I...
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    Hen killed by something

    We went out to give them some worms and there were feathers every where and one chicken walking around and looked fine.Looked in the back of the yard and found just a chicken head. We looked all over and all we found was the head. We live in the middle of Hurst Texas and do not know of any...
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    One RIR hen still attacking me.

    I have one of my RIR attacking to the point of drawing blood on the back of my hand. She will jump off the ground to latch on to the back of hand. I have tried swatting her away, pecked her on the head several times and she still want to grab the back of my hand and latch on. Not sure what she...
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    Hen biting my hand

    I have a hen about 4 months old that grabs the back of my hand and punches me very hard. She has broken the the skin twice now. Why would she do this. She seems to be the most matured one.
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    First Egg from My RIR's

    Today we found our first egg from one of our 4 RIR hens. We have two nesting boxes and we have one blocked and the other open. The one that is open has two ceramic eggs in it . Should we now open up the other box and take the ceramic eggs out? Two of the hens have very red crops and other two...
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    Color of Waddles

    I have 4 RIR hens that are about 20 weeks old and all of them have very light red waddles. They are not bright red like I see in pictures. Does this mean they are not well? They act fine and do not show ant sign they are sick. Maybe just have not matured enough yet? Is there any need to be...
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    Chickens behavior strange

    why would 2 chickens stand up real tall almost touch their beaks together? Very strange like they are doing a stare down.
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    New to backyard chickens

    I have 4 I think 3 or 4 week old RIR chics.
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