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Sounds like what happened to my chicken, also free range. I couldn't find a Vet and finally after a month my Vet said he'd look at her. He said that she had lice that laid eggs in her ear and prescribed Sevin. He cleaned out her ear, but unfortunately the next morning she had passed. I think...

I had a big problem with hawks in Arizona. The neighbor had a bunch of free range pheasants and they were getting picked up all of the time. I have a rooster with 3 hens and if there is a hawk in the area, he will squawk like crazy! I think if the chickens have a mom to hide under it is better...

Too bad you are not in Arizona. I would like some more hens to keep RJ, the rooster happy!

I was missing eggs from the coop. I found them a few feet away with little rat teeth in them. I am working on re-locating the rats.

I've heard of sifted fireplace ashes, but my guys don't like it.

You guys are all so nice. Who ever thought that so many people cared about goofy chickens! I never thought twice about them, but now they are a big part of my family. And thank you for telling me not to beat myself up when one dies. A quote from "Death to Smoochy", "You can't change the world...

Thank you to everyone for your responses. To answer your questions: i live in New River, Arizona. I have read a few books on chickens and skipped the pages where they wrote about culling. Maybe i missed some important information by not reading that. My chickens; RJ the rooster, and his sister...

My neighbor abandoned his chickens a little over a month ago and they have adopted me. I am learning about chickens the hard way. 2 have already died and i am looking for someone to walk me through this. The first chicken, Emma, it turns out had lice and had laid eggs in her ear. She died the...