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    Mean Chickens

    My hens were doing that to another last week. Then the weak one got murdered by a raccoon. Proving she was a wimp after all.
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    Interesting chicken behavior

    A raccoon killed one of my hens last week in the hen house area. I now have two. I noticed that one had stopped laying...or so I thought. I have found a makeshift nest under a bush and that's where her eggs seem to be now. The other hen doesn't lay yet but refuses to roost in the hen house...
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    When will chicken start laying?

    Thank you, I will look into it. Can anyone else offer advice to why a seemingly healthy and fit hen would not be laying at 10 months?
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    When will chicken start laying?

    Thanks but I can't even be sure that's her doing it. And it really only happens every 6 weeks or so. Wouldn't she be laying brittle eggs more often if she was really able?
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    When will chicken start laying?

    We bought a full grown Rhode Island Red 4 months ago and she hasn't laid yet. They said she was about 6 months old when I got her making her about 10 months now. From time to time I've seen poorly formed eggs (small, brittle) in the box but I can't be sure who left them there. As there have...
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    Raccoon bit chicken's comb

    Thanks! I will consider the tetra because I now only have two chickens. I have separated them because the other was pecking at the injured ones comb =( =( =(
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    Raccoon bit chicken's comb

    The farm store has Tylan but it's $60! They also have Tetracycline for $10. Will this suffice? Will just a topical treatment suffice? Raccoons have nasty little mouths I know. =(
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    Raccoon bit chicken's comb

    Thank you, is it okay to eat the eggs while they are getting antibitoics. Let me preface this by saying I wormed them with Albendazole a few weeks ago and still ate the eggs after despite mixed reviews of doing this.
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    Raccoon bit chicken's comb

    I'm in Oregon
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    Raccoon bit chicken's comb

    This morning at 4am we found one of our chickens dead with the raccoon close by. Today, I see that one of the other's had it's comb bit and some is missing. There is still blood. I am going to clean it up but I know the bird needs antibiotics. Are antibiotics for chickens available from feed...
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    Ballsy Raccoon!

    You're right about relocating but killing it opens up the territory for new critters to move in and compete for space. So killing it is a short term solution to a long term situation.
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    large predatory birds in tennessee eating my chickens

    This sounds like a turkey vulture. I would put money on it. (I am an avid birder that worked for the National Audubon Society). They are harmless and only eat dead carcasses. Do not shoot birds with a bb gun. Or any animal for that matter.
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    Chicken not standing/eyes half shut after car ride

    They were white feed bags tied at the top. This guy must sell chickens regularly. I met his wife and she transported them from a carrier into them. But I think one of them was in the bag the whole time. Legs were not bound or anything. I'm not advocating it or anything. She is walking around...
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    Chicken not standing/eyes half shut after car ride

    I just went and checked on her and she moves around a little (I put her in a nestbox) but she is breathing heavy.
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    Chicken not standing/eyes half shut after car ride

    I live in Portland where the weather is quite mild today. I just got three chickens who spend the morning in breathable bags in someone's trunk while I was at work. I met her at 1:30pm to pick them up. I got a Gold Comet, a Rhode Island Red and a Plymouth Rock. The Plymouth Rock Hen, about a...
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