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Redhead Rae said:
I just had a nasty adrenaline jolt. Earlier today I was looking in the garden at the chickens I saw, what I thought was, a chicken dust bathing and didn’t think anything of it. When I was coming downstairs to make dinner, I saw the same chicken in the same spot in the same position several hours later. I then noticed a patch of red and I realized what I was seeing. My Cornish cock bird turtled on his back. I rushed out and he was almost able flip himself right side up when he saw me coming for him, which was a relief. What happened is that one of his larger sons had jumped the fence from the stag pen and took him on and he landed on his back. He was a bit shaky and his comb was a little purple, but he peeked up pretty quickly.
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:barnie
Glad you went to look
and that he recovered
 
Hi guys,

I finally got home (long day at work), took care of the dogs and chickens, and am trying to catch up.

Thanks for all the hugs and sympathy...I was afraid to come home today because I was terrified of finding any more dead chickens! Last night DH nailed up all the hardware cloth that was stapled, but reading what you all wrote scared me (everyone said use screws, and washers). DH says that nails should be strong enough, but do you think that is true?

I'm wondering what got them. It was during the day (late afternoon most likely, both girls). My first one's neck was bitten and skin stripped off, and they opened up her crop and ate some of the guts including liver (ugh).

Willow (yesterday) had the skin on her neck stripped, and her trachea was snapped in half. Both girls had feathers everywhere. You think hawk, or raccoon?

Suzi is hanging in there. She is eating some soft food that I am hand feeding her, and is drinking. I am wondering how the heck she got half her beak ripped off and was still inside the secure run. My cockerel Negan had some blood on his comb, I wonder if it's possible that it was a very rough mating??

The weird thing is that yesterday, one of my Cemani girls in the not-secure coop also had an upper beak injury. I was wondering if they were fighting through the divider (hardware cloth) between runs...?

Henny, I am so sorry about your kitty. :( :hit :hugsBut I am glad for both of you that she went peacefully.

Ron, happy birthday! Don't listen to Chickassan, she's just jealous of your age and wisdom. :D

@sourland, Welcome to the Squatch! I have been dying for another NJ person on here. Where you from? Want a couple cockerels? (Silkie/Cemani or Serama crosses). I'll deliver, lol. I'm in Southern Ocean County with the pineys (Piney Power!) of which I refuse to cop to being one of!

(Edited as always for godawful crappy typing)
 
Molpet said:
:barnie
Glad you went to look
and that he recovered
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No kidding. I wouldn't have been able to get a new cock from the breeder until the fall at the earliest (he's all sold out of spares for the year). I could have just bred my hens to one of my cockerels and then used their pullets with the new cock. I would really prefer to keep my flock as closed as possible.
 
Redhead Rae said:
No kidding. I wouldn't have been able to get a new cock from the breeder until the fall at the earliest (he's all sold out of spares for the year). I could have just bred my hens to one of my cockerels and then used their pullets with the new cock. I would really prefer to keep my flock as closed as possible.
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(I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. Don't ban me, I just lost two chickens.)
 
21hens-incharge said:
We are going to be mid 40's to near 60 for the next week. No sign of any rain or snow.

It's so dry there have been minor grass fires.......in FREAKING JANUARY!
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We must have gotten everyone else's rain. Its crazy!
 
apryl29 said:
It's thundering up a storm here, literally... Up northeast of here someone said they're getting hail. Welcome to Ohio... tomorrow we're info a big temp drop 50's right now, but heading down low 30's tomorrow and snow... Nunny will probably get a lot more up where she is, not sure about Suzi.
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Had several thunderstorms with hail this afternoon......snow tomorrow. Crazy weather
 

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