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    Entire flock trying to kill chicken

    We have mixed breeds of RIR, Leghorns and silkies with a silky rooster. We have one hen where if she gets out of the nest box to get food or water the entire flock tries to kill her. I'm not talking pecking at her. I'm talking trying to pin her down and do major damage to her. For the...
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    Liquid running out of chickens beak? Other chickens attacking her.

    We have 1 chicken that is totally terrified to leave the nest box and is immediately attacked by all the other chickens. Today I took her out and held her to try and spray some blue coat on areas on her that looked red or injured. While holding her, a steady stream of slightly tan liquid came...
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    Chicken being attacked by all the other chickens

    We have mixed breeds of chickens. Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, silkies, etc. I inherited them. There is one leghorn that spends most of her time in the nest box. I was thinking she was broody. However, whenever she gets out of the box to eat or drink almost the entire flock of chickens...
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    Psycho chicken - suggestions?

    Hi All, I inherited chickens this spring. Its all mixed breeds. 2 silkies, some leghorns and I think Rhode Island reds. 1 of the leg horns was, I thought, broody. She would stay in the nest box egg or not all day. I kept taking her out and putting her in the run (where the water is) and...
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    Wasted food

    We have a chicken feeder that looks something like the photo below. We have it sitting on some bricks in the coop. We feed layer pellets and I'm seeing a ton of wasted food laying on the floor of the coop mixed in with the wood chips. I stopped feeding the chickens hoping if they got hungry...
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    Light requirements?

    We just got 13 adults hens that are laying eggs. I was told we should put a light in their coop and we've been doing that. However, we're leaving the light on all night. Some reading I did suggested they only need 14 - 16 hours of light and that other people put them on a timer. Should I be...
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    Outside Temperature (Minnesota) for meat birds?

    Hi All, I'm thinking about raising up some meat birds in a chicken tractor in one of my fields. I understand that they go out to the tractor at about 3 weeks of age. I'm in Minnesota. I'm trying to understand about what month that I should order the chicks. I'm a total newbie. So, for...
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    Chicken Tractor and Coyotes, possums and fox

    I'm thinking about raising meat birds which I've never done before. I like the idea of a chicken tractor as a way to help reduce feed costs. Other than that, I see no value in a chicken tractor versus a permanent coop. Is the amount of feed saved by using a chicken tractor significant or...
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    Newbie questions

    Hi Everyone, Someone just gave me 13 chickens (12 hens, 1 rooster) all about a year old. Two are silkies and the rest are some kind of heritage breed. I got a 5 x 8 coop with them and I built a 4 x 10 foot run for them. The run is temporary until the ground thaws and we can do something...
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    Housing egg layers and meat birds

    I've been searching and haven't found an answer to my question. Didn't really see a "general question" forum so this one looked like the best fit. I'm going to be building a coop and I plan to raise both meat birds and egg layers. Do they need to be separated from each other? I didn't know...
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    Purpose behind chicken tractors?

    Hi All, I'm going to start raising chickens this spring. I know nothing about chickens (yet) but will be doing a lot of reading and will learn everything I can. I have a question that the answer will give me an idea of where to focus my initial learning as I try and figure out how I want to...
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