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    crows stealing eggs

    We are pretty sure that the resident crows in our area are stealing our eggs! Our chickens have a coop enclosed by poultry netting, so they are free to go in and out as they choose. However, the crows seem to have figured this out too. We have seen crows flying off with eggs in their beaks...
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    Winter floor for the coop

    We have a coop on wheels that is approximately 13 feet by 15 feet. The floor is wire screen, which works well in the summer, but we want to provide a cozier floor for the winter. We were planning on laying plywood for the winter, but plywood is heavy and hard to manage. So, I had an idea to get...
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    Chick with bald back - is (s)he sick?

    One of our chicks has a bald spot along the top of her back. The skin looks raw in spots and kind of flaky and dandruff-y. It does look like there are some feathers sprouting so perhaps this is just a phase that I have never noticed before, but the others don't look quite as bad. I don't want to...
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    Any idea what these are?

    A friend just dropped off some extra chicks she received mail order (she ordered 20, got more than 50!!!). We've identified all but two of the breeds. Any idea what these two mystery breed are? This photo shows two chicks of the same mystery breed. Note the little nubbin right over their beaks...
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    Lost a chicken - to who, I wonder?

    We lost a chicken this weekend. Our little flock is free-range, but has always stayed fairly close to their coop. Recently, however, they started wandering the the edge of the woods and pecking around in the underbrush. Well, on Sunday something got one of them. There were a whole bunch of...
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    New here - our roo is injuring one of the girls, I think

    We have five hens and a rooster. The rooster seems to have a particular affection (I guess...) for one of the hens, and he climbs on her frequently. The problem is that she is getting raw and even a little bloody under her wings. We did have to isolate her once when it got really bad, but she...
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