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When to let my hen & chicks out with the flock
I have a hen that hatched eggs for the 1st time. when she started setting I moved her to a kennel inside of the run because the other hens kept adding to her clutch. when the four chicks were a day old I came home from work to find two dead baby chicks out in the run. Somehow they got out and...- NikShrout
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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toes
New chicken mama here. This morning I noticed that my Amerucana hen has a toenail/claw that is broken and sticking up. it is firmly attached though and not bleeding. Should I trim it off or leave it alone? She is definitely not herself. She stayed in the run when I let them out and stayed...- NikShrout
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures