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Lost two since. First was another hen, Easter egger. Found her dead in one of the nesting boxes with maggots coming out of her and dried egg yolk on her face. No idea what the hell happened. Second was my rooster to a hawk, which is unrelated. Other then that, it’s been good.

It depends, some times a will have a lot of harvests for my garden that I don’t want and I’ll throw to my chickens, and I’ll throw out excess food scraps such as lettuce, blueberries.. before they go to waste. Maybe once a week at the least, and 3 times a week at the most. Amount of content and...

2 birds were around a year old, I doubt it.

The hottest part of the day is around mid 90's. I feed them scratch grains Autumn-Spring, garden scraps, table scraps that are deemed safe, and free-fed layer pellets. They have a large fenced area for foraging, and no food in it is unhealthy. I'd send a bird in for a necropsy, but wife says no...

I'm having a hard time right now as I keep losing a bird once a month. Started in May, lost a year old Light Brahma. No prior incidences, but couldn't walk and refused to eat. Didn't pant/show signs of heat stroke. Happened when I let all of my birds out on a cool, but humid morning. Coops are...