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    Older hens won't let pullets into the nesting boxes (The mornings are now chaos)

    I finally introduced my 5 month old Silver-laced Wyandottes to my little over a year old Dominque hens.I have two of each. They have been living peacefully together for about a month, but within the last week or so the SLWs have started to lay eggs. One lays eggs where ever she happens to be at...
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    Any help, my hens are eating the siding off my house!!

    Hello, here is the problem... I let my two Dominique Hens forage in the late afternoon everyday (after the threat of most the hawks is over with. So far so good with that problem). The last week or so they have realized we have wood siding and it is an older house, so there have been repairs...
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    New Silkie mix sneezing with a runny nose :(

    We purchased a Silkie mix from a feed store last weekend and have noticed the last two days she has one nostril that is running. The liquid is clear and not thick (like water) and she sometimes sneezes. The sneezing is not constant. I am keeping her quarantined from my other chickens ( They have...
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    The lady birds HATE to be separated from each other! Will they always?

    Hello all! I am very new to chickens. I got three Dominique chicks about 5 weeks ago, so very, very new! I have noticed when I take them out to their run, one by one, they make an awful fuss when separated from each other. One girl in particular, her name is Plouffe, sounds like she is under...
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    There is a tiny worm or maggot imbedded in 3 day old chick!!!

    Our Dominiques ( 3 chicks) were hatched Monday, shipped out, and we received them in the mail Tuesday.( Yesterday) They are all eating and drinking fine, but I noticed they had a little bit of poo on their bottoms this morning (Wednesday) and I didn't want it to progress to anything worse so I...
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    A new mama to 3 adorkable baby chicks!

    Hey All! I have never owned chickens before but after many, many months of research on chickens ( reading many articles on this website along the way!!!) we finally decided on Dominiques! Any helpful advice is always welcomed and greatly appreciated! We live in Arizona and have had a bit of a...
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