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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    I would gladly take advice on how to reintroduce my hen to a flock of 14 after just a few days of recovery. Will they even notice if it is just a short period of time? I will likely cull the rooster before then. He is pretty protective and I have a feeling he will not accept any "new" chickens.
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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    He does a good job keeping all the ladies together when they free range and he breaks up little hen fights. Otherwise he is just a pain. We do hope that he would scare off weasels or minks if they got in the coop, but who knows.
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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    Thanks for all the help! I am setting up a temporary pen now for my injured hen and will keep an eye on the rooster. My husband will be surprised to have a chicken in the basement when he gets home in a few days!
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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    Do I need to reintroduce her to the flock as I would a brand new chicken after she is in isolation for a few days? I have 13 hens and just the one rooster. He has a few favorite ladies, and usually they are not the minorcas. The minorcas usually run away, so I am thinking he is holding them...
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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    The rooster grew up with the hens and they are just over seven months old now. What is Blu-Kote? I live in a small town in Alaska and probably can't get it here but is there a substie I can make on my own? How much space does an isolated chicken need? Like a dog kennel or more?
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    Urgent...hen with severe comb injury

    I was closing up the coop tonight and noticed that my black minorca's head was covered in blood! After they were all roosted and the light turned off I grabbed her off the roost to see if I could clean her up. She has a larger and floppier comb than all the others and I think the rooster grabbed...
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    Topic of the Week - Aggressive Roosters: What is the best way to handle them?

    My rooster was acting nervous when I was in the coop and run refilling water and food dishes today so I used a tip I found on this thread. I carry a small cup of water with me while I am figuring out how aggressive my rooster is, and when he came up to me acting like he was about to challenge me...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My girls are just about 23 weeks old and only five out of 13 are laying. The naked neck has been laying for almost four weeks now, and the silver laced wyandotte and speckled sussex are laying. The rest of my birds are minorcas, silver spangled hamburgs, golden campines, and a brown leghorn. I...
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I am new to this thread, but I LOVE naked necks! I had six a few years ago and they were so friendly, great layers, and didn't mind the Alaska weather at all. I moved and gave them a new home and now I have one naked neck with 14 other chickens. I think the naked neck was the cutest chick! She...
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    Topic of the Week - Aggressive Roosters: What is the best way to handle them?

    I have a five month old Blue Andalusian rooster. He is gorgeous, good to the hens, and even tolerates the Silver-spangled Hamburg rooster well. My husband and I held him as a chick but gave him space as he got older. Now he is the biggest chicken in the flock and is developing large spurs. He...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    I got my first eggs! I have thirteen hens, all different kinds, and my naked neck is the rock star layer so far. Her first egg was two days before she turned 19 weeks old! I thought the silver spangled hamburgs would be first, but so far I have three eggs from the naked neck in just four days...
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    Should my chickens be eating feathers?

    There are a bunch of feathers in the coop that they haven't eaten so they must not be too protein deficient. Thank you for the advice everyone!
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    Should my chickens be eating feathers?

    My hens and roosters are 19 weeks old and I noticed that they eat loose feathers all the time. Is this normal? I think they have a balanced diet: layer pellets, scratch grains, vegetable scraps, and oyster shells on the side. Should I worry or is this a normal chicken thing?
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    Rooster is beating up my hens!

    She doesn't seem stressed so far, so I will keep an eye and her and she will probably be fine. Thanks for the advice.
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    Rooster is beating up my hens!

    I currently have three roosters, which will be narrowed down to two tomorrow. I mostly have smaller breeds like campines, hamburgs, and a leghorn so I am keeping the smaller roosters as well. I have one naked neck hen that is getting her neck torn up by my Blue Andalusian rooster. Is this normal...
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