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    What's your favorite/friendliest breed

    I don't know about Jersey Giants but the Black eye of the Australorp is a real give away.
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    Breed and gender please 6 weeks

    It looks like my 6 week old blue star hen.
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    Sore on side of roosters mouth

    I think that might be what we called canker.
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    Hawk attack? Can someone help determine what tried to kill my girls yesterday? What else should I do? BYC link below saved my girls life!

    You might consider getting puppy exercise pens. Some are usually available on Craigslist for a good price. I used one for a bird I was doctoring. I bought some bird netting and clipped it on the top of the pen to keep the hawks out.
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    Respiratory illness in my flock. Please help.

    Thanks so much to those who answered my post! The discovery of a dead hen in my coop was such a shock. She had been molting hard but seemed otherwise healthy. I found her in the nest box, approximately 3 PM, I had just seen her a few hours earlier. I only had nine hens so each one pretty much...
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    Respiratory illness in my flock. Please help.

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    Respiratory illness in my flock. Please help.

    One of my 18 month old chickens has died from some sort of respiratory ailment . All my other birds are now showing signs of discharge from the nose. They haven't started head shaking yet but that is what I saw with the one that died. They have never been out of the run or coop. Please point me...
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    Official BYC Poll: Which of These Black Chicken Breeds Do You Have?

    I also had 3 black Minorca's that were great layers of white eggs.
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    Ideas for protecting against hawks WITHOUT covering your run

    We had a hawk attack about 10:30 am one day while my German Shorthaired Pointer was outdoors watching the one chicken that was free ranging. The dog was not in the same fenced area as the chicken. I was indoors but in a room that was very close to the action. The dog started seriously barking so...
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 09-23-22 Pic by Dr Evy

    Iam small but mighty! Do not underestimate my powers!
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    Ended Official BYC Caption Contest 09-16-22 Pic by Quarterhorses1

    The Hills are alive with the sound of Crickets, er, um, music!
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    Need help with my dog

    Wow! Now you have an answer to the boy not getting it. I still think he will catch on more once he settles in with you. Seems like he is learning already.
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    Need help with my dog

    Yes, these are the belly bands that I was speaking about. Wonderful product and they do work really well.
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    Need help with my dog

    I crate train my dogs. It starts even before they go to new homes. That was not done properly before you got him but you can train him eventually. The happy peeing is something they will grow out of. Ignore him when he does it and don't make eye contact. Put him someplace safe while you clean...
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    Temperatures are rising!! How do you keep your chickens cool in the coop, run, and or brooders?!?!

    Yes, the dry heat is why they work so well. I found the mister at Home depot, its a plastic tubing shaped like a cobra curled. I placed a cinder block on the bottom to keep the birds from knocking it over. It really works well with the box fan that distributes the mist.
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