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    bird eaten to the bone

    Last night I forgot to close my coop door, feel terrible as I lost one of my favourite gals. This morning I heard the others clucking around the yard, knew I'd messed up and tried to corral them back in the coop, they didn't want to near it,noticed one was missing so went on the search. I've...
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    my girls are getting old

    It's recently occurred to me that my flock is now down to three from an original eight. Some have died from critters and some from different ailments. I have two 4 year araucana's neither of which lay regularly, in fact one not at all and a three year old New Hampshire who is still as feisty as...
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    rogue leghorn breaking all the eggs

    All three of my leghorns are losing their feathers at an alarming rate and one of them is now breaking all the eggs. For several days I've just found smashed eggs and not just in the boxes, I'm finding the remains all over the coop. any ideas?...other than making a big batch of soup
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    chickens loosing feathers

    two of five chickens loosing their feathers around the breast area. at first it seemed the chest feathers were turning white. now i can see skin. and they just don't look as good as they did even a few weeks ago. anyone? am new to the chicken game any help would be awesome. cheers
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    planning for the cold

    this is my first message and am a novice chicken fan. I live in Idaho where the winters are v cold. None of the plans i've seen look very insulated and I was thinking of building a coop with nest boxes on the side for easy access. question : will a single wall of plywood at the nest box be...
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