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    I'm not sure if this is worth it (sad rant)

    Quote: Whoa, I'm sorry you lost Bubbles. But your story is too funny! Esp. trying to get the heron to drop the koi, like hostage negotiations or something! I lost one of my chickens to a hawk, so then everytime I saw the hawk come back to the yard I would run outside screaming at him/her...
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    Where do you retire chickens if you don't want them killed?

    I had been wondering lately about keeping my girls (going on 3 yrs. old) even though they aren't laying much these days. Then I realized that I LIKE taking care of them, it gets me out and about in the yard whereas the cold weather would otherwise keep me inside. Plus they may start laying...
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    Grass fed chicken

    http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-10-01/Tests-Reveal-Healthier-Eggs.aspxhttp://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-10-01/Tests-Reveal-Healthier-Eggs.aspx Her's the link to the study about pasture raised eggs. Beef and milk can be "grass fed" but not eggs. They can be "pasture...
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    How to keep my chickens warm?

    Quote: My what brave chickens you have! I would love to see a picture of them roosting on the sheep...
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    Does it ever feel like work?

    Quote: nakstk, I think you got your point across very nicely, as well as started an interesting conversation getting us thinking about what is work, and what is play, and how nice it is when the two meet (which is how taking care of chickens seems to be for a lot of folks). Besides, having...
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    Does it ever feel like work?

    When I'm lying in my warm and toasty bed and see the dawn light starting to come in the window, it can feel alittle like work getting up to let the girls out. But once out in the fresh air and sunrise I am glad that I have chickens to "make" me get up early. Otherwise it's all good, cause I...
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    How can you tell if a chicken is happy/upset?

    When my girls are lounging around dust bathing or scratching away in the leaves looking for bugs and worms they look most happy to me. And one of my favorite sounds in the world is the cooing they make as they're settling in on their roosts in the coop in the evening... I guess we can't prove...
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    Please help me identify Frank N Chicken

    I am no expert at breeds, but the tail feathers def. look like she's a he, so the name should stay Frank (and not Frances) But at any rate here's a bump for you, maybe someone else knows the breed? And BTW,
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    Killing cones inhumane?

    Mama Duck, I realize it's none of my business, but what does one do to themself to lose 2/3 of one's blood? Curious minds want to know! (but of course no pressure if you are not comfortable telling )
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    Thank you for the tarp suggestion/pics #17

    I finally can sleep at night now and not worry about what I haven't secured enough to keep a raccoon from getting into the run. Hardware cloth was a must when I had the coop/run built two months ago, but then I got to thinking a raccoon might be able to pull it loose somewhere, so the screws...
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    Killing cones inhumane?

    I admire anyone who raises their own meat animals, gives them a good life and then slaughters humanely. If everyone who ate meat did that (or purchased their meat from a farmer who did) we would not have the cruelty that is factory farming. I was vegetarian for years until I read the book...
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    Lethargic hen, white watery poop, not drinking and barely eating

    Thank you Katie, the link is helpful... the penicillin sounds like a good solution, except that feed stores around here don't sell chicken supplies. (Probably 'cause we're not really allowed to keep chickens in these parts.) Let me know if you find out anything more!
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    Lethargic hen, white watery poop, not drinking and barely eating

    Wow, I have a chicken with very similar symptoms.... All you experts out there- any knowledge about this one? I am on the brink of deciding whether to put her down humanely, then she seems better, then not so much again. I really want to do right by her and not extend any suffering, but also...
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    quick and dirty? solo "doing in"

    Get the friend! if I had a friend who was willing to teach me how to kill a chicken I would take them up on their offer. In my mind the best way to learn something is to have someone who knows how to show you. As for not having the skin of the chicken, I think thats silly- the skin from...
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    Temporarily excluding chickens from certain areas of yard?

    yes, i agree with the above posters. Good fences make good chickens (well at least chickens that don't tear up your gardens!) Miine are foiled by that 3'vinyl coated metal green stuff they sell at Lowes by the roll. Relatively easy to put up, and worth it so I can have free-range chickens AND...
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