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    Can a chicken vomit???

    Thanks for posting this topic, I just logged on to ask this same question.
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    Showgirl thread- for posting pictures and discussing breed!

    My wife and daughter are going nuts over the SGS pictures. Does anyone have fertal eggs/chicks within 50 miles of Philadelphia?
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    Another Shell Less Egg

    I just found a shell less egg in the nesting box. It's the size of one of the silkie eggs. I thought both the hens were already laying, but I've never actually seen the younger one lay. First time I've ever seen this. Can I worry?
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    Do Cats Eat Chickens?

    Thank you, thank you ... I credit it all to a searh for "cats". Glad to be back in the forum.
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    Do Cats Eat Chickens?

    We have a small flock. Up until last night we had 4 hens. 2 silkies, 1 orphington, 1 sussex. Last night we found Ruth, the slightly slow & goofy silkie dead in the yard. I'm pretty certain our well fed house cat killed her. My wife and my daughter were a total mess all evening. The only...
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    New to the board

    Crowing - Tiny was crowing for 3 weeks before the surgery. Every night I'd go out, shut the coop, wait for them to go to sleep, then I'd reach in and grab Tiny. I'd lock him in a cat carrier in the shed with the window blacked out. If I let him out after the sun was fully up he'd be pretty...
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    New to the board

    I'm glad he made it through surgery. I litterly called 2 dozen vets and chicken farms looking for someone to castrate the rooster. When Dr. Frank said he'd do it, but that the mortality rate was pretty high I jumped on it. The roo is a little bantam, hence the name Tiny. My daughter picked...
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    New to the board

    Greetings everyone. I've been lurking on the board since March. I was given the link while surfing www.ar15.com. They had a chicken thread that got me interested and pointed in your direction. I have 4 chickens. I had a problem with one of the straight run chicks becoming a rooster. I...
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