my chickens are dying! help!

[quiltnchik]

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Think again! My bantam mates my standard girls ALL THE TIME, and I have two standard roosters in with my flock that don't do anything to stop him. Bantams are sneaky!

 

[Chickenfur]

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Think again! My bantam mates my standard girls ALL THE TIME, and I have two standard roosters in with my flock that don't do anything to stop him. Bantams are sneaky!

we have one silkie and one RIRB, the RIRB is tiny, but, the silkie is almost as big as some of the pullets.

 

[ziggywiggy]

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You may have unknowingly hit upon a solution. Debeak them-cut the tips off their beaks. Then when it's feasable, build another pen. I agree, too many chickens in a small area. Plus the pen must be very hard to keep sanitary which will lead to even more problems.

 

[Chickenfur]

only one died since we left, and i think that was because they ran out of treats. hopefully they will be fine now that they have some treats!
P.S. all the snow is gone! now there is just a whole bunch of mud!

 

[Chickenfur]

no more, i got some blu-kote and sprayed it on they're bare spots. hopefully we won't lose any more!

 

[Chickenfur]

another ee died last week, i'm starting to think that it is not cannibalism, this one was in the nesting box with no blood on her at all...

 

[DTRM30]

I know I can't help much, I've had chickens and am familiar with a lot of their habbits, but am in no way a trouble shooter for stuff like this - but after reading this thread,
maybe it's something they're eating ? Something toxic causing intestinal bleeding that in turn causes the others to pick ?
idk -

I hope you find out what the problem is soon though.