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    Is our Eva actually an Evan?

    Thank you! I do appreciate the validation and it's good to know we were on the right track as far as the Barred Rock thing goes. My next question is: why on earth is she such a spaz? Any ideas? Or how we can work with her so she isn't mortally terrified of us? Yesterday at bedtime, she hid...
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    Is our Eva actually an Evan?

    We got 7 new baby hens in late February to add to our existing backyard flock. Our ladies all have their own personalities, but Eva here is something else. We've never had a chicken as incredibly skittish as her. Skittish is not even the word - she goes berserk at bedtime (squawking and running...
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    What attacked but did not kill my chicken?

    This afternoon, we went out to our back pasture and I noticed a big pile of feathers the same color as one of our chickens on the ground. But all 5 of our chickens and all 4 of our ducks were visible and accounted for and looked fine at first glance. We checked Babs, whose feathers matched, and...
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    Can I keep baby chicks with my pet rabbit?

    Yes!!! I am seeing that now, this is a great point to keep in mind, and it didn't even occur to me! I wouldn't want my bunny to get into the chicken food. Great point!!!
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    Can I keep baby chicks with my pet rabbit?

    Thank you! I think this is geared a bit more towards long-term/outdoor living situations, and I'm just looking for a temporary set-up, but it does have some good info to consider.
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    Can I keep baby chicks with my pet rabbit?

    Thank you! So for something like your suggestions - a tub or pool - would you also cover the top, like with chicken wire or something? Or just leave it wide open? I have no idea if hopping inside with the chicks is something my bunny ("a bunny" in general??) would be tempted to do! Also, I...
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    Can I keep baby chicks with my pet rabbit?

    Hi all - We are about to get some new chicks (already have 5 big girls) but it looks like the hatchery we buy from has younger chicks than what we had planned, which just means we'll have to keep them inside for a little while until they are coop ready. Let's say around 1 month. I have a pet...
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    Is our Mariah Carey actually a Maury Povitch?

    😬😬😬 Would you say 4 hens is too small a flock for him in that case? We love him, but we also love our other girls and don't want them to suffer.
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    Is our Mariah Carey actually a Maury Povitch?

    Oh no, what kind of problems are we talking about? 😫 We have 4 other hens right now, all right around 12 weeks old. I will be sad to give him up (he was our little runty baby for the longest time, if you can believe it), so now my husband and I are talking it through to see if we can try to...
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    Is our Mariah Carey actually a Maury Povitch?

    Thank you again for your great, quick responses. Here I am showing my utter newbie-ness and ignorance: I did not know that you could eat fertilized eggs! 😱 Color me shocked. I have always thought that if a rooster was around the chickens, the eggs would be fertilized and become chicks. So of...
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    Is our Mariah Carey actually a Maury Povitch?

    🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ oh my. Thank you all for the quick response. In that case... Any words of wisdom? We love her - him - but we really do not want fertilized eggs and we (along with our neighbors) are not crazy about the idea of being woken up at the crack of dawn every day. I...
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    Is our Mariah Carey actually a Maury Povitch?

    Hi everyone, We are new to chickens and just introduced 5 chickies to our family in March. We love them! But lately, our beautiful Black Australorp, Mariah (Carey) has been doing a whole lot of what sounds suspiciously like cock-a-doodle-doo... and now we're wondering if she's not a diva after...
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