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    Help! My chickens are turning on each other!

    Ok really its just my entire flock turning on my poor little bantee. All of a sudden when i put the chickens back in the run they all gang up on her, corner her, and start pecking her. A week or so ago my dog chewed a hole in the run only big enough for our bantee to get out. She has had free...
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    First egg...two days ago

    We got our first egg on Sunday. I was so excited!! It was so cute, not much bigger than a nickel but I've heard thats normal? My question is...I haven't seen an egg since. Is that normal?
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    explain the whole fertalized egg thing to me ..

    This was all very great information. I also have a VERY newbie question that I have been wondering about for some time. This is our first year with chickens and got a rooster with our girls. We wanted to try all different breeds to see which one we liked the best. Our rooster was a Speckled...
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    How do i cull a Rooster

    One of our "girls" turned out to be a rooster. We were part of the 10% that they were wrong when it came to sexing them. Since we live in a neighborhood (outside city limits) we can't have a rooster...choose not to have a rooster. I have tried to give it away to a couple people who have chickens...
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    Paver Sand as Grit

    ok great thanks! they will be 3 months on the 12th of June. Ill use that until we have to move up
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    Paver Sand as Grit

    Hello! I have two huge bags of paver sand which is just tiny bits of gravel and I was wondering if that can be used as grit? I was going to go buy more but my boyfriend suggested I use that instead. I just want to make sure its ok. We compared the size of the gravel to the grit we bought and its...
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    Proud Chicken Mom!!!

    Ok I know this isn't all that exciting but tonight I went out to lock the coop and check on my girls and they were all roosting!!! Proud chicken mom. For the longest time I would check on them and they would just be huddled in the corner in a big pile. Its the little things in life that count!
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    we were originally not going to give them names due to the plan of eating them once they stop laying. However, my mom named our Buff Orphington Erma. The name kind of fits her. They will all eventually have names cause I just can't keep calling them chicken. They are starting to show their...
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    can you train a dog to not hurt your chickens?

    So glad I am not the only one with this issue. My have two labs that are both hunting dogs, the first night the girls were out in their coop we learned it wasn't as secure as we thought. Our youngest killed one of our girls but there was no blood so I'm assuming she gave it a heart attach. Coop...
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    Can anyone help with this one?

    Does anyone know what kind of chicken this is? I believe it is a bantam of some kind...at least that's what it's label said at the feed store. It was part of the "assorted" group. We have been told its probably a rooster due to the way the feathers are slowly coming in...any help would be...
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