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    Need help/encouragement

    Hi! I am one year exactly into keeping our kindest backyard chickens. We had 9 girls and unfortunately a hawk got into our run extension yesterday and ate our sweet Hei Hei. The hawk got caught in the extended run and I had to quickly usher the girls back into the main run while the hawk was...
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    Christmas tree in run?

    Is it a bad or a good idea to put our real christmas tree into the run after we are done with it? I thought the chickens might have fun playing around on it but I want to make sure I’m not doing something harmful. The tree has no flame retardants on it but I know it’s not organic. Let me know...
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    Run advice

    I am new to chicken keeping and am trying to improve their run. I initially started with small rocks because that’s what our yard is (we live on a small island and that is the terrain of most yards) but I’m obviously realizing that this is getting hard to keep up with cleaning. My current plan...
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    Gaping wound in chickens foot

    Our almost one year old Austra White (named Lumos) was observed sitting down a lot today so after checking her out, I found a large clump of dirt/poop dried onto a wound on the bottom of her foot. I soaked her feet in a warm epsom salt bath, slowly rubbed the dirt clump off, and observed a large...
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    How long (after introducing pullets) until I can expect eggs again from the current flock?

    Hello! We just introduced two 8-week old pullets to our current flock. Our current hens (all but one) stopped laying, which I’ve read is normal to have happen when new girls are introduced. Can anyone tell me about how long that the decrease in egg production will last? Just curious (and also...
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    Help with new layer eggs (finding strange eggs all of a sudden)

    Hi! I have 8 chickens in my mixed flock (this is my first time raising chickens so I’m brand new to it) and 4 have just started laying within the past two weeks. Our Black copper Maran started laying these perfect, super dark brown eggs with a hard egg shell. Now all of a sudden I am finding...
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    13 week pullet is ALWAYS sitting. Should I be concerned?

    The grey speckled one, I believe her to be our Green Queen, is always sitting. She is eating and drinking but isn’t as crazy about snacks (herbs) as the others. She is always next to her best friend who I think is an Easter egger. The Easter egger sits around a lot too, but not as much. They...
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