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    What do I do? Eye injury, *warning- graphic pictures*

    She will be fine. keep area where eye was clean and all will be ok .I have this happen many times over the year in chicken ducks turkies and pigeon . I have never lost a bird from it yet.
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    Should I?

    I say try it . Put them together in the dark and most likely all should be fine . I chickens and duck together here . It seem like birds that wake up together in a strange place get along better.
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    Have you ever had hens kill each other?

    Some times this is done for the salt in the blood Yes salt pigeon will do this if they don't get salt at time's . I had a bad case of hens eat the tail of my roast one time so I put a small dish of salt in the pen . Only a few hens would eat the salt the rest did not want it . And NO I did not...
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    Feed for older, non-laying hens

    I feed all my laying age chickens layer and some are as old as dirt . And still do just fine .
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    Rat dropping from poisoned rats.

    I had the same trouble but it was rats many many rat
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    Rat dropping from poisoned rats.

    I my self have never lost any bird in this way . I have free range chickens ducks and geese . I also use poison as last resort .
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    Is it legal to kill a cat if...

    Yes some cats do kill chickens. As for shooting I say shot shovel and shut up .
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    Red mites

    You may also spray the cracks in the hen house with vegetable oil this will smother them.
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    Comment by 'Ralph Obrien' in album 'Limping pekins'

    She my have worms . Take a stool sample to vet to have it checked for worms .
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    New hen being mean?

    Sounds like she is going to be boss and there will always be a boss hen our roaster in every flock . As a rule this will go on tell they learn she is boss .They are birds and don't live by our rules .But this said some time some hens are just mean . Best to watch them as long as it is not a...
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    Incubator temp dropped over night

    Temp goes up and down under the bird when she gets off and on the nest .But its best to keep it up where it is needs to be . Less chance of losing them .
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