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    Easter Eggers attacking others, pulling neck feathers

    I have noticed a couple of my Easter Eggers attacking other hens by pulling neck feathers. Plenty of room to roam, plenty of food, just random attacks
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    Massive feather loss

    I have a few of my 46 hens losing feathers that looks terrible. Some worse than others
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    Two hens seems to be in love

    Thanks everyone. My two broody hens seem to have finally given up and are normal again
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    Two hens seems to be in love

    One night, I closed the laying boxes to prevent access. The next morning, they were together on the floor of the coop sleeping
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    Two hens seems to be in love

    how do I break them so they get out? Why together?
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    Two hens seems to be in love

    I have about 53 hens and 6 roosters(soon to be chicken and rice stew)Two of my hens have been acting strangely for about two months. One is. buff Orp the other an easter egger. They sleep together in one of my laying boxes. seem to stay in the box most of the day. Almost every time I go to the...
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    Black Polish hens not roosting

    I have 29 hens total, mostly Buff Orpingtons but four Black Polish as well. The four Black polish will not go all the way into the coop at night, preferring to sit by the AutoDoor and end up out all night on the stoop just outside the door. I have had to make them go in on some nights, but they...
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    Two of my chicks not okay

    I think I should euthanize
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    Two of my chicks not okay

    It is indeed CROSSBEAK. Thanks Will watch her. This one Polish will just stand there and do nothing. Not acting like any of the other chicks. Acts disoriented, not following the flock at all. Like it is stunned
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    Two of my chicks not okay

    Hey folks I have two White Crested Black Polish with problems. One is seemingly sick/very lethargic, smaller than others and have not seen it eating or drinking. Almost acts blind?? The other appears to have either a broken lower beak or is disformed. Lover beak is sitting 1/2" misaligned from...
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    Roosting

    So I read in one blog that it is best to have the rooster living full time with the hens. Is that true or it is better to have a rooster kept separate except when I want to reproduce certain chickens/mixes? Any ideas on what chickens cross breed best? Is there a BEST rooster for all? I have...
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    Roosting

    I'm a fairly new chicken owner. I have 10 Buff Orpington They go into the roost at 6 pm, still day time hours. When it starts getting dark, they seem to be working their way very high up in the roost box. It is an A frame style interior. They are not sitting on the readily available roosting...
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    My new coop

    Well, we bit the bullet and am putting the final touches on my coop. We have a 64 sq ft roost(4-6 ft height with lots of roosting spaces. It has two BestNest egg laying boxes and an Omlet Auto Door) and 88 sq ft area under the roost where food and water are provided. A few questions for input...
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