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  1. Booger is my pet cat....she loves snuggles and scratches.

    Booger is my pet cat....she loves snuggles and scratches.

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    Belgian Bantam just molting, or sick?

    I'm such a paranoid Chicken mum. I have two Belgians and one just started dropping handfuls of feathers, not quite 1 year old, at the beginning of winter. She immediately stopped laying, still makes the 'I want to lay an egg' noise, but never does. I wondered if it was because I had suddenly...
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    Really nasty ear infection in a silkie hen ~GRAPHIC pics~

    I'm sorry to hear she passed away. Mine is still laying eggs every day....she will just stand there and growl for no reason. Her ear is looking better, still a little crusty and she isn't being aggressive or broody....her appetite is good and she is active. She usually follows her sister...
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    Really nasty ear infection in a silkie hen ~GRAPHIC pics~

    I know this was a couple of years ago now, but after the plug came out, did you notice she would growl at anything that made noise? I unplugged my bantams ear and she wont stop growling at trees and the creaking fence, all I can put it down to is being able to hear more.....
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    Chickens sound like they are growling. Whats up

    It's so funny you said that! I've noticed a couple of times now, when my black Belgian hen is sitting by the back screen door and hears me laugh she has copied me a couple of times and it took me off guard. It really sounded quite similar! lol.
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    Chicken sporadically gapes.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'm positive she is a she....as she laid her first egg the other day . Although, one of her ears is quite swollen and she shakes and scratches her head a bit and closes that one eye....I have tried looking for mites. As I have said, no rasping, or noises when she...
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    Chicken sporadically gapes.

    I'm pretty sure? Lol. There have been no rooster noises and seems too affectionate to be a boy. She purrs when I pat her and is the snuggliest one. If she is a he....how would I be able to tell? I have tried to look for 'lumps' around the vent area and can't see anything...
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    Chicken sporadically gapes.

    Hi. I have a 6 month old Belgian D'Uccle who gapes. Although she would do this very occasionally when she was a baby chick, she has started to gape more often now. There is no rasping, discharge from eyes, beak or nostrils, she runs, dances, eats and drinks and her sister has never had this...
  9. The first egg next to a grape. Lol.

    The first egg next to a grape. Lol.

  10. SUPER EXCITED! My first egg! It's soooo tiny. I'm a grandma! Hahaha.

    SUPER EXCITED! My first egg! It's soooo tiny. I'm a grandma! Hahaha.

  11. Booger and Pecky.

    Booger and Pecky.

  12. Puuuuut de chicken in de pot! Another scorching day in Adelaide sees me dunking my chickens in cool water, they were not coping well and I had to bring them inside for some air conditioning. Black Booger is in the bucket and Pecky McPeckpeck is waiting her turn.

    Puuuuut de chicken in de pot! Another scorching day in Adelaide sees me dunking my chickens in cool water, they were not coping well and I had to bring them inside for some air conditioning. Black Booger is in the bucket and Pecky McPeckpeck is waiting her turn.

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    Does anyone know how to "interpret" different noises your hens make?

    I didn't realise that the little 'stamp dance' and hop dance that my 2 month old D'Uccle cross girl does when I get her our of her bed each morning is to show that she thinks I am the rooster. lol. It is SOOOOOOO cute. She waggles her tail, hops and stamps and then bows to me. After putting them...
  14. Pecky McPeckpeck has grown a beard. So cute. Still unsure of what she is. 8 weeks.

    Pecky McPeckpeck has grown a beard. So cute. Still unsure of what she is. 8 weeks.

  15. A sleepy Miss Booger and Miss Pecky.

    A sleepy Miss Booger and Miss Pecky.

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